flouride

[freeflykami]

Just finished reading the SLS thread, but now I am wondering what is the deal with flouride? I am totally scared to get a toothpaste without flouride in it. I have extremly soft teeth, I'm talking cavities in all my baby teeth (not from not brushing) I even had to have them painted to try and keep bacteria out. Now as an adult I have one or more fillings in all of my molars, a root canal and a crown, I just turned 30 .

Im really confused, I would really like to keep my teeth, and am worried that my little ones have inherited my lously teeth. This is definatly a family thing, my mother (before floride in the water) had to have a few of her baby teeth pulled before they were ready to come out because of decay. What should I do?

[freeflykami]

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[leila1213]

Hi! I am no authority but I can tell you fluoride is poison and does nothing to keep your teeth from decaying. Read this: http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=529174 and this: www.curetoothdecay.com and this: www.saveyourteeth.com

Does that help?

[SkiMama36]

Well, I have to chime in here as well... We have well water, therefore, it has no treatment, fluoride or otherwise and I DO have all family members use a fluoride toothpaste. Now, my stepsons use a non-fluoride toothpaste at their mother's house and their teeth are really, really bad--cavities, quite a few have been pulled, etc. I have no idea if that is an indication of soft enamel that is a family trait (DH has really hard enamel) or if it's an indication that the non-fluoride toothpaste just do not work.

I have a rather soft enamel (according to my dentist) and have always used a fluoride toothpaste. Same for my son, I watched his brushing habits from an early age to make sure none was being directly ingested and all of his teeth are healthy and strong with no cavities.

It's a personal, family choice--and there is lots of data on both sides, but for us personally, fluoride it is.

[leila1213]

Here is something: www.fluoridealert.org

[maxwill129]

I'm 29 and have never used flouride in my life and have never gotten flouride treatments at the dentist. I have never had a single cavity. My DH who has used flouide his whole life (he's 32) and refuses to give it up has had multiple cavitites.

[PJJ]

Flouride experience

When using fluoride most of my life (before reading more about it not being used in many 1st world countries), I had all cavities and my teeth bled some.

I have not been using fluoride for the last two years and my teeth are stronger than ever and I am way past my fourth decade.

Good luck in your research.

[Sundance_11]

I asked this question on DS a while back, and got a ton of info.
Here's the link to the thread: http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/...light=fluoride

I live in town, and don't use fluoride for my 11 month old DD, but DH and I still drink tap water, for now.

Melanie

[Luv2bemommy]

Wow, thanks for the info.. We just moved to the country and we have well water and had it tested by our dentist and he gave us a rx for flouride. I just haven't had it filled yet and don't think I will now.