In school we learned that water fluoridation was the second
most successful public health program implemented in Canada (the first being
vaccines if I am remembering correctly). I had one teacher who did not think it
was so great but declined to really discuss it. So I graduated thinking
fluoride is great, and water fluoridation is necessary, in fact the only thing
standing between us and a mouth full of tooth decay.
I pretty much felt this way even as I had clients who
refused the fluoride treatment, saying fluoride was a toxic substance and they
wanted no part of it. I would try to convince them they were wrong, but to no
avail. One client referred me to the website www.fluoridealert.org , which I looked
at but I thought it sounded too out there, the working of conspiracy theorists
and crazy people.
After a couple of years as a dental hygienist I became more
interested in the Holistic Approach to dentistry, and started reading lots of
books on this subject (that might be another blog entry). I came across a book call “the Fluoride Deception”. This
book also sounds like the makings of conspiracy theorists, and honestly I did
not know what to think after reading it. I was a dental hygienist in
turmoil! I was reluctant to go against
the conventional wisdom I had learned in school, but the book had too many
points to just ignore. (I went through a similar process in my previous career
as a vet tech coming to the realization that we really over vaccinate our pets,
but that is a whole other topic I am not even going to touch right nowJ)
As fate would have it, I received in the mail a pamphlet for
continuing education seminars that included one on fluoride. I felt I had spent
so much time reading anti-fluoridation literature that it was time to go to a
professional seminar and hear what they had to say. I was totally expecting a
pro fluoride lecture, and I went with some key questions I was determined to
ask so I could find out the truth about the matter. I was totally taken aback when the lecturer
(Dr. Hardy Limeback, a dentist who has had a long and prominent career in
dentistry) pretty much confirmed everything I was thinking about fluoride,
along with some new points I had never specifically thought about that
solidified my feelings about fluoride and water fluoridation. You can read an article summarizing his
beliefs here: www.fluoridealert.org/articles/limeback/
There are many groups that are fighting to remove the
fluoride from our water. As mentioned before most of Europe has banned water fluoridation
and many cities in Canada and the States have been successful at stopping
fluoridation in their city. The Region of Peel (where I live) still
fluoridates. Just last year in April city councillors voted to keep it in our
water. To me it just seems like a pig-headedness refusal to admit they might be
wrong. I hope as more citizens speak up they will have no choice but to listen.
While I still think fluoride has a role in our overall
dental health, it is not the end all and be all to cavity prevention. I now believe that the movement to fluoridate
our water was motivated by political factors and not because it was really believed
to improve our dental health. Stay tuned for next time I will fill you in on
the specific things I learned that may help you decide for yourself what side
you are on.
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