From Ann
There’s a letter in
Daily Mail (Thurs 18th Jan) “Fluoride stops the rot” by Dr
Robin Eggleston, Bridgend, S. Wales.
He’s a dentist who
wrote that we’re a nation of rotting teeth because water is not fluoridated in
most areas. He said Birmingham Dental Hospital had a shortage of dental
patients because of fluoridated water in Birmingham, unlike patients in nearby
Staffs & Warwicks who had poor teeth because they didn’t have fluoridated
water.
His letter could do
damage because the Daily Mail has the 2nd biggest newspaper
readership in UK.
Could people who are
concerned about his letter, consider writing a short letter to Daily Mail - no
more than about 250 words to letters@dailymail.co.uk
(You have to give your full address,
phone number & name)
Thanks.
Ann
Fluoride stops the rot
HOW sad that we are a nation of children with rotting teeth (Mail). However, in Watford, Birmingham and the Republic of Ireland, mouthfuls of rotting teeth are rare as public water supplies are fluoridated.
At one part of fluoride for one million parts of tap water, it is the same level as naturally fluoridated areas, such as Maldon in Essex.
It has no effect on the taste of the water or anything other than the reduction of tooth decay.
In Birmingham, where I qualified as a dentist, the dental dean and medical officer of health managed to get fluoride introduced into the drinking water without much fuss.
When, eight years later, the new dental hospital opened, there was a shortage of local emergency patients needing extractions or fillings. But there was a high demand from patients living in nearby Staffordshire and Warwickshire, which did not have fluoridated water.
Dr ROBIN EGGLESTON,
Fluoride stops the rot
HOW sad that we are a nation of children with rotting teeth (Mail). However, in Watford, Birmingham and the Republic of Ireland, mouthfuls of rotting teeth are rare as public water supplies are fluoridated.
At one part of fluoride for one million parts of tap water, it is the same level as naturally fluoridated areas, such as Maldon in Essex.
It has no effect on the taste of the water or anything other than the reduction of tooth decay.
In Birmingham, where I qualified as a dentist, the dental dean and medical officer of health managed to get fluoride introduced into the drinking water without much fuss.
When, eight years later, the new dental hospital opened, there was a shortage of local emergency patients needing extractions or fillings. But there was a high demand from patients living in nearby Staffordshire and Warwickshire, which did not have fluoridated water.
Dr ROBIN EGGLESTON,
posted by Bill at
5:59 PM
1 Comments:
It seems that Dr Eggleston has his head in the sand if he believes that 'mouthfuls of rotten teeth are rare in Birmingham'.
But far from being rare in Birmingham, official statistics show that its d3mft rating is 1.17, higher than the national average. Across the West Midlands, where water has been fluoridated since 1964, there has been a 300% rise in children under the age of 10 being admitted to hospital for multiple teeth extractions in the last five years.
The situation in Birmingham is so bad that local MP Steve McCabe has written to the regional NHS director expressing his concerns that 'In Birmingham, almost one in three 5-year-olds suffer from dental disease. This is higher than the national average and makes Birmingham’s children 3.5 times more likely to suffer from tooth decay than their peers in other parts of the UK.'
http://www.stevemccabe-mp.org.uk/node/1014
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Carrie, at 20 January, 2018
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