Dr. Hardy Limeback Comes To Alaska To Help Oppose Fluoridation.

Dr. Hardy Limeback Comes To Alaska To Help Oppose Fluoridation.: "Fluoridation causes very expensive-to-fix staining (fluorosis) in at least 30% of those chronically exposed. I recently treated a teen for moderate fluorosis: at the end of the day his parents spent $17,000 on restoring his teeth to a normal appearance. Without fluoride in the water, maybe this kid would have had a half cavity more, which would have cost $200 to fix. Twenty percent caries reduction, in a mouth with 128 dental surfaces, amounts to 1/2 a cavity. So the 20% improvement claim sounds a lot better that it really is."

Hardy Limeback, DDS, PhD, Head of Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto