As it keeps on coming up from the pro-fluoridation camp that there is ‘no research’ showing fluoride dangers, Southampton Green party health campaigner John Spottiswoode put this together.
Not all have web links as some predate the Internet.
Some have links to web sites that have much more on the subject in their pages.
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1979, Drs L. Krook and G.A. Maylin stated: "The delay in the eruption of the permanent teeth has also been reported in children in fluoridated communities." "The cause of the delay in eruption was shown in the present material. Fluoride arrests resorption of deciduous tooth roots and of the supporting bone. By inducing one disease [fluorosis], delays the manifestations of another [dental caries]."
Fluoride causes a delay in tooth eruption of roughly a year. Children aged 5 living in fluoridated areas should be compared with children aged 4 living in non-fluoridated areas.
When this is done there is no benefit from water fluoridation. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7126/230/a Weaver R.
The inhibition of dental caries by fluorine. Proc R Soc Med 1948;41:284-90. Tooth decay levels for older children:
Not all have web links as some predate the Internet.
Some have links to web sites that have much more on the subject in their pages.
www.fluoridation.com/sutton.htm#delayed%20eruption ·
1979, Drs L. Krook and G.A. Maylin stated: "The delay in the eruption of the permanent teeth has also been reported in children in fluoridated communities." "The cause of the delay in eruption was shown in the present material. Fluoride arrests resorption of deciduous tooth roots and of the supporting bone. By inducing one disease [fluorosis], delays the manifestations of another [dental caries]."
Fluoride causes a delay in tooth eruption of roughly a year. Children aged 5 living in fluoridated areas should be compared with children aged 4 living in non-fluoridated areas.
When this is done there is no benefit from water fluoridation. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7126/230/a Weaver R.
The inhibition of dental caries by fluorine. Proc R Soc Med 1948;41:284-90. Tooth decay levels for older children:
• Later on the decay rates are almost identical, with any possible effect disappearing by adulthood:
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/fluorideharm.html and Schatz A.
The failure of fluoridation in England. In: Prevention. Rodale Press. Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1972, pp 64-69).
The failure of fluoridation in England. In: Prevention. Rodale Press. Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1972, pp 64-69).
• Recent Trends in Dental Caries in U.S. Children and the Effect of Water Fluoridation
• Teeth better in non-fluoridated areas: Colquhoun, J. New evidence on fluoridation. Soc. Sci. Med. 19:1239-1246, 1984. Adult teeth health in fluoridated areas no better than in non-fluoridated:
• Fluoridation creates more harm than good:
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U.K. Health Department study, Professor A. Schatz and Dr J.J. Martin stated in 1972: "It is thus clear that fluoridation does not prevent or reduce tooth decay. Instead, it merely postpones the appearance of caries by about 1.2 years.
Fluoridated children develop the same amount of tooth decay as their non fluoridated counterparts. The only difference is that caries starts developing approximately 1.2 years later in the fluoridated group."
• WHY I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT WATER FLUORIDATION by JOHN COLQUHOUN:
www.fluoridation.com/colquhoun.htm
U.K. Health Department study, Professor A. Schatz and Dr J.J. Martin stated in 1972: "It is thus clear that fluoridation does not prevent or reduce tooth decay. Instead, it merely postpones the appearance of caries by about 1.2 years.
Fluoridated children develop the same amount of tooth decay as their non fluoridated counterparts. The only difference is that caries starts developing approximately 1.2 years later in the fluoridated group."
• WHY I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT WATER FLUORIDATION by JOHN COLQUHOUN:
www.fluoridation.com/colquhoun.htm
York Study 2000.
Main statement from the Conclusions: “The evidence of a benefit of a reduction in caries should be considered together with the increased prevalence of dental fluorosis. The research evidence is of insufficient quality to allow confident statements about other potential harms or whether there is an impact on social inequalities. This evidence on benefits and harms needs to be considered along with the ethical, environmental, ecological, costs and legal issues that surround any decisions about water fluoridation. All of these issues fell outside the scope of this review”: www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/fluorid.pdf and www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/fluoridnew.htm
Fluoride actions are primarily topical for teeth.
• Topical vs. Systemic Effects: www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/topical-systemic.html
Main statement from the Conclusions: “The evidence of a benefit of a reduction in caries should be considered together with the increased prevalence of dental fluorosis. The research evidence is of insufficient quality to allow confident statements about other potential harms or whether there is an impact on social inequalities. This evidence on benefits and harms needs to be considered along with the ethical, environmental, ecological, costs and legal issues that surround any decisions about water fluoridation. All of these issues fell outside the scope of this review”: www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/fluorid.pdf and www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/fluoridnew.htm
Fluoride actions are primarily topical for teeth.
• Topical vs. Systemic Effects: www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/topical-systemic.html
Dental fluorosis levels in fluoridated areas:
• Dental cost comparisons fluoridated vs non-fluoridated areas: http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/who-dmft.html
Note that five year olds teeth can be better in fluoridated areas due to the fact that teeth erupt in children some months later than in fluoride free areas, so have less time to decay by the age of five.
• Some in un-fluoridated areas have dental fluorosis – Study showed 23% of 8-9 year olds had DF in non-fluoridatedNorthumberland
• It costs more to repair teeth damaged by fluoride than would have been saved if water fluoridation actually reduced tooth decay. The mottled spots start off white but typically turn brown. It's permanent and recurring, and treating it is very costly:
• York Review estimated the prevalence of fluorosis (all. levels of severity) to be 48% in fluoridated areas and 15% in non-fluoridated areas. www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/fluorid.pdf
• 1998 survey – Up to48% of people living in fluoridated areas have dental fluorosis, with 12.5% in categories of concern, i.e. 1 in 8 get brown or pitted teeth.
