Talk:Dental fluorosis
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I just saw this article:
Fluorosis: A New Model and New Insights J.D. Bartlett, S.E. Dwyer, E. Beniash, Z. Skobe, and T.L. Payne-Ferreira J Dent Res 2005;84 832-836 http://jdr.iadrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/9/832?etoc
that probably has bearing on this issue. Bedrupsbaneman 09:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] dental caries
I found a few sources that say flouridation *reduces* dental caries, which leads me to suspect that fluorosis does *not* come hand in hand with dental caries. The sources: this one says "fluoridation and fluoride toothpastes both substantially reduce the prevalence and incidence of dental caries." this other one says that fluorosis has a "mild association with lower caries". this last one says "Exposure to fluoride throughout life is effective in preventing dental caries."
Given that all the sources (including others) that i've seen say that caries are negatively associated with fluorosis, i'm going to delete the comment about carries. Fresheneesz 03:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
How is fluorsis contracted? Is it using too much fluoride products for too long? Or drinking too much water with fluoride and swallowing too much toothpaste?
[edit] POV
The article as written is blatantly biased. It only cites the same anti-fluoridation group over and over again, with a single stat from the CDC, accompanied by unsupported editorialization. I guess some people have no shame. 129.116.50.14 04:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Agreed. The first trial of water fluoridation was in 1945; of course the rate of dental fluorosis is going to be higher. And as long as we're talking about water fluoridation, we might as well mention that this is has always been a recognized trade-off for overall dental health. MrWallet 16:16, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Disagree. Article as it appears today is pretty NPOV. Removing the stopsign. Mike Ely 22:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit
Noticed some really sloppy sentences in this entry. For example: "If the food was watered with fluoridated water or the water mixed in pop has been it is easy for children and adults to consume large amount of fluoride leading to fluorosis." I think im just going to cut the offending sentences. PGRandom 17:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hey, about a wierd bug
Despite the claim that flourosis occurs only in children 2 "The prevalence of fluorosis in permanent teeth in areas with fluoridated water has increased from about 10-15% in the 1940s to as high as 70% in recent studies..."
What's the 2 for? - Slash
- I'm not sure if it is trying to refer to the second reference on the list, but thanks for pointing out another error because it is misleading to say that anyone claims fluorosis occurs only in children. You can see effects of fluorosis in adults, but the overexposure to fluoride would have had to occur during tooth development. - Dozenist talk 13:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] bias pov
"If the water supply is fluoridated at the rate of 1ppm, it is necessary to consume one litre of water in order to take in 1mg of fluoride. It is highly improbable a person will receive more than the tolerable upper limit from consuming optimally fluoridated water alone.";
That sentence assumes that water fluoridation is optimal. A cause that is still up for debate.
What about: "… controllen fluoridated water alone."?
I could not find the adverb of 'control', but I think that works.
I've left the article as it is, for the time being.
- I have edited thearticle, now, accordiy.Rob Del Monte 12:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
