MangoMan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:46 pm
Xylitol gum is good, but if you're at home, brushing with an ADA approved fluoride toothpaste is better.
Hey MangoMan....is fluoride toothpaste really necessary?
I stopped using fluoride toothpaste years ago as an N of 1 experiment, and also got a water filter (Doulton) that is effective against fluoride. No cavities since - and I had tons of them as a kid, WITH fluoridated water (but with plenty of sugary foods, candy etc).
I've heard claims that fluoride has negative neurodevelopmental effects, and impacts on learning & memory, and also acts as an endocrine disruptor. The literature is not so clear on those points, but you might be interested to know that these topics are currently under review by the National Toxicology Program:
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/a ... index.html
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/a ... index.html
It'll be interesting to see what they come out with. Meanwhile, given my family's rather extensive history of Alzheimer's dementia (it has hit every woman on both sides of the family who lived to age 80) I'm figuring that a few cavities, if they ever occur, would be a small price to pay if avoiding fluoride helps protect me from the family curse.
Would I be correct in assuming that fluoridated toothpaste is a significant source of fluoride, even if you don't swallow the stuff? Via transdermal absorption of a small molecule in a place where that could happen quite readily.