Fluoridation Fails America, New Report Proves

CNN Reports: "In more recent studies, fluoride in water was linked to a difference of decay in only about a quarter of a tooth, on average, according to the new report published this week.

“Adding fluoride to water may slightly increase the number of children who have no tooth decay in either their baby teeth or permanent teeth,” the study authors wrote. “However, these results also included the possibility of little or no difference in tooth decay.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/health/fluoride-drinking-water-tooth-decay-risk-benefit/index.html

Fluoridation Fails Michigan - Home of 1st Human fluoridation Experiment (Grand Rapids)

"in screenings of children enrolled in Michigan Head Start [ages 3-5 year olds] between 2017 and 2018, 22% of them showed signs of tooth decay. In 2021 to 2022, that number went up to 33%"  Michigan is 89% fluoridated.

https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/michigan-program-aims-to-catch-childhood-tooth-decay/

Fluoridation Fails North Carolina

Despite it's 89% fluoridation rate, in North Carolina 45% of adults over age 18 had permanent teeth extracted and 21% over 65 have lost all of their natural teeth

https://www.salisburypost.com/2024/07/25/task-force-more-than-medicaid-is-needed-to-fill-states-oral-health-care-gap/

Fluoridation Fails Tennessee

Tennessee's fluoridation rate is 89%.  Fluoridation is approximately 80 years old, fluoride toothpaste 70 years old, now there's a glut fluoridated dental products. Our food supply is fluoride-saturated from fluoridated water use and fluoride-containing pesticide residues.

Dentists often brag they are the only profession promoting a prevention that would put themselves out of business. Besides that they are insulting every other health professional, this is the reality:

 

• In 2022, Tennessee’s budget included $11.8 million to expand the class sizes at the state’s dental schools and to recruit and retain dentists through loan repayment programs.

 

 https://www.ncsl.org/health/workforce-strategies-to-improve-access-to-oral-health-care#:~:text=Nearly%2070%20million%20Americans%20live,high%20needs%20in%20the%20community.

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Fluoridation Fails Ohio

Ohio has a 93% fluoridation rate, yet "Previous analyses of 3- to 6-year-old Medicaid-insured children from the [Northeast Ohio] cohort analyzed in this current study have shown an even higher prevalence of 29% [untreated tooth decay]"

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820900

Fluoridation Fails West Virginia

  Despite West Virginia's 91% #fluoridation rate, "48% of third grade children had experienced tooth decay sometime during their lifetime" according to a March 2022 WV Dep't of Health report

 

 https://dhhr.wv.gov/oralhealth/reports/Documents/Burden%20Document%2003-28-2022_Final.pdf

 

orts/Documents/Burden%20Document%2003-28-2022_Final.pdf

Fluoridation Fails Florida

 

Despite a 78% fluoridation rate, Florida's oral health crisis is among the worst in the nation. 

 

 

• Florida ranks last (50th out of 50 states) in percentage of children receiving a dental health visit in the last 12 months
• Out of 50 states, Florida ranks 42nd for percentage of adults who have received one annual dental visit in 2021.
• One out of four (25.1%) of Florida 3rd graders have untreated cavities, making Florida the sixth worst state in the nation for this measure.
• Nearly 120,000 Floridians visited the emergency room (ER) in 2021 for non-traumatic dental conditions and 3,200 were admitted.
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  Seven in 10 ER visits for non-traumatic dental conditions in Florida were among patients ages 21–64 who were uninsured (40%) or enrolled in Medicaid (30%).
         

Fluoridation Fails Medicaid Children

Fluoridation is state mandated in Ohio, yet, more than 59% of 5-year-olds and younger on Medicaid had cavities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jphd.12619

Fluoridation Fails Michigan

In 89% fluoridated Michigan, 1/2 of children have untreated tooth decay - 33% of these live in low-income households. "More Black adults had no dental care within the past year (37.2%) than white (28.7%)" https://rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/oralhealthcoalition04042024.aspx

Fluoridation Fails New York City

New York City's water supply has been fluoridated since 1965 Yet, "Children’s oral health needs, and particularly Hispanic/Latino children from low income families, exceed U.S. averages. Current estimates indicate that 38% have untreated caries, 2/3 do not have sealants, and all have difficulty accessing care" 

In the US, fluoridated for about 8 decades, "from 1990 to 2010: while the number of practicing U.S. dentists and hygienists increased by 30% and 60%, respectively, and Medicaid spending for children’s oral health care increased 7-fold, from $1b/year to $7b/year42, children’s caries experience continued to increase.The burden was particularly severe for minority, low-income children, and particularly Hispanic/Latino children"

https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/peds/0/poi230100supp1_prod_1708448644.38162.pdf?Expires=1713086915&Signature=PEjF7o0vjThulK1AELXm1LlewRHOSXTPh~hYrTEYK~u6g5qasfXVoYGJP~LNuYicb3NWUN6K5~vXn84mBbNpntxsn1FrDktymUX1e1OJtEXN4GlJrjvZNDFtkjfjVOwI45h46ADIpNNOl2oY8oQ4XY6Us0GkVeuPWEnAOp77oZUNLaJitEb0gkkcsZ6MTnf6b9AKUCLHRYKUwKnCcRHFIP2~ZmdrS9uoiNjnpOz7p-HqQZTq5xWm5YLK1WZmfPv~FvKa7hXwDgJzFAa6BDK0ITz6l8veFqmxuQkveEmjbMl7UtaQHUMXedLZH2bNobYIcPjusPr3n7JgrokizfzDgQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA

Fluoridation Fails Kentucky

Kentucky where fluoridation is state-mandated "Some teens had decay so severe they had to have all their teeth pulled and be fitted with dentures. Middle school kids reported being unable to sleep because of pain from infected and abscessed teeth. First and second-graders required in-patient oral surgery under anesthesia because of the severity of tooth and gum disease."

"Adults don’t fare much better.

Kentucky ranks 49th in overall oral health and is among the top states in the number of toothless, older adults. And last year, a University of Kentucky oral health physician described to legislators patients being air-lifted to the UK hospital because of life-threatening infections from dental disease."

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/02/26/distrust-of-fluoride-mind-boggling-mineral-is-time-tested-and-a-good-thing-dentists-say/

Fluoridation Fails North Carolina

 North Carolina is 88% water fluoridated.

"Currently in North Carolina, nearly one in five kindergartners have untreated tooth decay"

Recent data shows there is an urgent need for attention to children’s oral health in North Carolina

• The rate of untreated dental decay (cavities) among kindergartners is the highest observed in five years, indicating a concerning trend in oral health.
• Disparities in oral health still exist, primarily affecting racially and ethnically marginalized populations.
• Rates of treated decay and no decay experience are at their lowest, underscoring the need for proactive measures to reverse these trends.

 

https://richmondobserver.com/lifestyle/february-is-national-childrens-dental-health-month.html

Fluoridation Fails Rhode Island

 In 83% fluoridated Rhode Island, "Without increased access, Rhode Island will continue to grow a population of children suffering from chronic oral pain."  

A group of prominent pediatricians, pediatric dentists and oral surgeons has met with representatives from the state Department of Health, Office of The Health Insurance Commissioner, RIte Smiles and Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, as well as leaders from commercial insurances, to propose that outpatient surgery centers be utilized to alleviate the backlog of children waiting for treatment under general anesthesia.

 https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/01/21/dr-john-kiang-is-a-diplomate-of-the-american-board-of-pediatric-dentistry-and-past-president-of-the/72168587007/

Fluoridation Fails San Antonio, Texas

In water fluoridated San Antonio, "one in four children is likely to have tooth decay by the time they go to kindergarten in San Antonio, according to UT Health San Antonio."

"San Antonio needs more nonprofit clinics for low-income families, Salazar said, but it takes funding. For now, outreach efforts and the clinic are “doing something” in the community, even if the problems persist, she said.

'They’re coming in with rampant decay, just all over,” Salazar said. “In fact, that’s why they come, I’m seeing black spots on their teeth.”

 https://sanantonioreport.org/ut-health-san-antonio-pediatric-dental-clinic/

Fluoridation Fails Wisconsin

 Wisconsin is 87% fluoridated where 60% of third-graders have cavities which increased from previous years. This despite a free dental sealant program

“In Wisconsin, it is very challenging if you are covered by Medicaid to get access to dental care — even privately insured, or uninsured patients have a challenge in accessing providers, in particular in rural parts of the state,” he said. “Adding dental therapists to the dental team to work in collaboration with a dentist would increase access to care.”

 https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/06/06/dental-therapists-help-patients-in-need-of-care-avoid-the-brush-off/

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https://dhsgis.wi.gov/DHS/EPHTracker/#/all/Oral%20Health/oralHealthStateIndex/NOTRACT/Third%20Grade%20Survey/OHSTGSCarriesExp