Fluoride plays an important role in the prevention of dental cavities. Topical fluoride however is the most effective way to prevent cavities, the fluoride in your drinking water can also can prevent cavities. We would like to share the following message from JADA ( Journal of the American Dental Association ) quoting the importance of fluoride to be incorporated in our daily lives !!
- Water fluoridation benefits both children and adults providing benefits across the life span.
- Water fluoridation is effective above and beyond any other practice in which a person might engage to prevent dental caries.
- Water fluoridation helps reduce oral health disparities.
- Water fluoridation is effective at the community level.
- Water fluoridaton is cost effective when compared with the cost of avoidable dental treatment.
- Water fluoridation can enhance the effectiveness of other dental preventive practices such as the use of fissure sealants for children.
- Water fluoridation can help mitigate the effect of some risk factors, such as a high-sugar diet or consumption of sweetened beverages.
For those who are against fluoride we would like for you to know the following as well released in JADA -(Journal of the American Dental Association)
- There are no known harmful effects from ingeston of water that has had fluoride added to it at or about 0.7-1.2 milligrams/liter. No systematic reviews of the literature have shown any negative health effects from ingestion of water fluoridated in or near this therapeutic range.
- Dental fluorosis observed in both fluoridated (at or about 0.7-1.2 mg/L) and non fluoridate areas is for the most part, not a cosmetic concern.
- Cavities are more important health problem than is dental fluorosis, but there always is a trade-off between the two conditions.
- Fluorosis is a concern for only a small number of people and rarely in areas with adjusted fluoride levels.
The above informations was published in the January 2013 edition of JADA.
Click here if you like to read more http://jada.ada.org
If you have any questions on fluoride please call our office to speak to Dr.Shah or D.O’Riordan at Kids Smiles Pediatric Dentistry in Shelby Township, MI.
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