Australia Young teeth in state of decay
THE dental health of Queensland children is getting dramatically worse, with the number of missing baby teeth for five-year-olds almost tripling..................
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If this report is going to be used to push fluoridation, then it must be explained why the DMFT rate is lower in several towns that are NOT fluoridated than in Townsville, which you say is fluoridated.
Posted by: nyscof of Non-fluoridated towns with less tooth decay 7:49pm today
By the look of beatties mouthfull he can afford a dentist
Posted by: jeff of bundaberg 7:40pm today
my son drink alot of water doesn't touch soft drink but he drink milk . he baby teeth is rotten . due to the milk . It will cost me a brand new car to get them fix due to the public has a huge waiting list . I low income and I got other bills to pay and this is a huge one that must be pay upfront before he get treat on .
Now I Got my son complain about his teeth while I can't afford it . If they bulk bill then I will be able to but I don't have $800 up front to spare due to I have to live as well.
Posted by: jen of bris 5:51pm today
Keep up the good fight, anti-fluoride activists! As a medical student, I have yet to come across any objective (that is, non-corporate sponsored) studies clearly showing evidence that fluoride prevents tooth decay substantially than say, maintaining good oral hygiene through brushing and flossing. All I have encountered are a lot of peer-reviewed articles strongly suggesting that fluoride is a systemic toxin which causes serious underlying health problems including neurological deficits. Also consider that once fluoride is added, drinking of water will have to be rationalised because of potentially toxic buildups in the body. What exactly is the point of having perfect teeth but suffering a host of health problems?
Organised dentistry owes the public a great deal of honesty when it comes to the addition of this potent toxin to our water supplies. What ever happened to individual choice?
Posted by: msd of Adelaide 5:42pm today
take a look at southern states,their teeth are no better and they have flouride in their water. Seems logical to just orally take the tablets or liquid. Better still eat a good diet when pregnant and feed your kids healthy food. My kids don't have a problem, I lived without flouride and there's nothing wrong with my 38 year old teeth, nor my husbands who last visited the dentist when he was 12!
Posted by: neen of brisbane 10:52am today
Instead of putting fluoride in the water, why not remove the sugar? If kids would drink tap water instead of soft drinks, the whole fluoride debate would be a moot point.
Posted by: John of Townsville 9:35am today
There are just two things that the pro fluoride lobby might like to explain regarding tooth decay in very young children. In times long before the coming of sweet sugary drinks and profiteers selling fast junk food came on the scene, how come fluoride in drinking water wasn't necessary?
Before the coming of white man did aboriginal children have fluoride added to drinking water? Well, If not, come tooth decay didn't claim all their teeth before they reached adulthood?
The fact is today, the human race is exposed to some 47,000 man-made toxic chemicals and as a species we're sicker than ever, unable to survive without taking even more including thousands of man-made drugs. Why add more? We should be winding back the way we pollute our bodies much in the same way global warming is forcing us to reassess the way we pollute the natural world around us.
Posted by: Rex Warren of Gladstone 8:19am today
Have Your SayLatest Comments:
If this report is going to be used to push fluoridation, then it must be explained why the DMFT rate is lower in several towns that are NOT fluoridated than in Townsville, which you say is fluoridated.
Posted by: nyscof of Non-fluoridated towns with less tooth decay 7:49pm today
By the look of beatties mouthfull he can afford a dentist
Posted by: jeff of bundaberg 7:40pm today
my son drink alot of water doesn't touch soft drink but he drink milk . he baby teeth is rotten . due to the milk . It will cost me a brand new car to get them fix due to the public has a huge waiting list . I low income and I got other bills to pay and this is a huge one that must be pay upfront before he get treat on .
Now I Got my son complain about his teeth while I can't afford it . If they bulk bill then I will be able to but I don't have $800 up front to spare due to I have to live as well.
Posted by: jen of bris 5:51pm today
Keep up the good fight, anti-fluoride activists! As a medical student, I have yet to come across any objective (that is, non-corporate sponsored) studies clearly showing evidence that fluoride prevents tooth decay substantially than say, maintaining good oral hygiene through brushing and flossing. All I have encountered are a lot of peer-reviewed articles strongly suggesting that fluoride is a systemic toxin which causes serious underlying health problems including neurological deficits. Also consider that once fluoride is added, drinking of water will have to be rationalised because of potentially toxic buildups in the body. What exactly is the point of having perfect teeth but suffering a host of health problems?
Organised dentistry owes the public a great deal of honesty when it comes to the addition of this potent toxin to our water supplies. What ever happened to individual choice?
Posted by: msd of Adelaide 5:42pm today
take a look at southern states,their teeth are no better and they have flouride in their water. Seems logical to just orally take the tablets or liquid. Better still eat a good diet when pregnant and feed your kids healthy food. My kids don't have a problem, I lived without flouride and there's nothing wrong with my 38 year old teeth, nor my husbands who last visited the dentist when he was 12!
Posted by: neen of brisbane 10:52am today
Instead of putting fluoride in the water, why not remove the sugar? If kids would drink tap water instead of soft drinks, the whole fluoride debate would be a moot point.
Posted by: John of Townsville 9:35am today
There are just two things that the pro fluoride lobby might like to explain regarding tooth decay in very young children. In times long before the coming of sweet sugary drinks and profiteers selling fast junk food came on the scene, how come fluoride in drinking water wasn't necessary?
Before the coming of white man did aboriginal children have fluoride added to drinking water? Well, If not, come tooth decay didn't claim all their teeth before they reached adulthood?
The fact is today, the human race is exposed to some 47,000 man-made toxic chemicals and as a species we're sicker than ever, unable to survive without taking even more including thousands of man-made drugs. Why add more? We should be winding back the way we pollute our bodies much in the same way global warming is forcing us to reassess the way we pollute the natural world around us.
Posted by: Rex Warren of Gladstone 8:19am today
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