Swallowed fluoride is not essential to prevent cavities and has no nutritional need, according to prominent dental researchers who found that many American children ingest too much fluoride that can decay teeth and damage bones.
“Current evidence strongly suggests that fluorides work primarily by topical means through direct action on the teeth and dental plaque. Thus ingestion of fluoride is not essential for caries prevention,” report Warren and Levy in Dental Clinics of North America, April 2003.(1)
Fluoride, swallowed from water, foods & supplements or absorbed from ...
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