Water Fluoridation May Not Prevent Cavities, Scientific Review Shows

Re:Water Fluoridation May Not Prevent Cavities, Scientific R... by ownedthx on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:16PM (#9809003)

Since there are US cities like Texarkana, AR that have not have fluoride in the water ever, it seems they would be a decent way to harvest some data quickly and get to the bottom of this.

Anecdotally, I know a dentist that would work 2 days a week there as a sort of 'import-a-dentist' program, and she thought teeth were, in general, in much worse shape there than Little Rock, AR (3 hours away). Not enough to go on obviously.

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Re:Water Fluoridation May Not Prevent Cavities, Scientific R... by facetube on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:20PM (#9809014)

Portland, Oregon doesn't have any fluoride in its water supply either, for what it's worth.

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Re:Water Fluoridation May Not Prevent Cavities, Scientific R... by ownedthx on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:24PM (#9809033)

Seemingly a good list; http://fluoridealert.org/content/communities/

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Re:Water Fluoridation May Not Prevent Cavities, Scientific R... by stephengillie on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:50PM (#9809124)

While there's lots of anecdotal evidence trying to correlate these ideas, supposedly the statistical correlation isn't there.

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