Re: if this cures one person, I'll be happy

The following articles all support my statement that fluoride helps prevent cavities. I tried to pick short articles.

P.F. DePaola, M. Soparkar, M. Van Leeuwen, R. DeVelis, The anticaries effect of single and combined topical fluoride systems in school children, Archives of Oral Biology, Volume 25, Issue 10, 1980, Pages 649-653, ISSN 0003-9969, 10.1016/0003-9969(80)90095-3.

Increased levels of sodium fluoride in dentifrice provide greater anticaries effectiveness, Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2002, Pages 98-99, ISSN 1532-3382, 10.1067/med.2002.125661.

Biesbrock AR, Gerlach RW, Bollmer BW, Faller RV, Jacobs SA, Bartizek RD. Relative anti-caries efficacy of 1100, 1700, 2200, and 2800 ppm fluoride ion in a sodium fluoride dentifrice over 1 year. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2001;29:382-9.

Robert E Marquis, Sarah A Clock, Marilaine Mota-Meira, Fluoride and organic weak acids as modulators of microbial physiology, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 5, January 2003, Pages 493-510, ISSN 0168-6445, 10.1016/S0168-6445(02)00143-2.

R. Aasenden, P.F. DePaola, F. Brudevold, Effects of daily rinsing and ingestion of fluoride solutions upon dental caries and enamel fluoride, Archives of Oral Biology, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 1972, Pages 1705-1714, ISSN 0003-9969, 10.1016/0003-9969(72)90233-6.

F.N. Hattab, The state of fluorides in toothpastes, Journal of Dentistry, Volume 17, Issue 2, April 1989, Pages 47-54, ISSN 0300-5712, 10.1016/0300-5712(89)90129-2.

The problem is that scientific journals are boring to read and blogs are easy to read. This has led to the emergence of an anti-fluoride campaign, a belief that the CDC and similar organizations is a hoax. I'd rather not fight a propaganda war; make your own judgment.

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