What Is That Stuff Fluoride?
I recently read the article,” What is That Stuff Fluoride?” This article was interesting and very informative. From reading this article I learned many facts about adding fluoride to drinking water and toothpaste. I decided to do more research on fluoridated water, I found a great number of facts from this website. Once I read the websites article I found out the good and bad things about adding fluoride to everyday things like toothpaste and water. Also, I learned that there are many dangerous side effects from adding fluoride to these items.
Many people think adding fluoride to your drinking water is bad because it is dangerous to your body. Even-though fluoride is proven to help your teeth and stop decaying. The people who oppose adding fluoride in the water think it leads to huge health issues such as cancer and dental diseases. It is also not possible to regulate the amount of fluoride in each bottle. Therefore you can never know how much fluoride is in your bottle. Some people think that by adding fluoride to public water is limiting their freedom of choice.
I’m in favor for adding fluoride drinking water because I believe that it is important to have good teeth and oral health. Also I think if we had bad teeth our lives would be in danger(in serious trouble). By fluoridation the water it helps prevent tooth decay, stop cavities, and improve our overall oral health. It has been proven that since fluoride has been put into water the number of cavities has dropped. Those are all reasons why I’m in favor of adding fluoride into the water.
I think in order for fluoride to be added in toothpastes and mouthwashes, scientists have to find a fluoride compatible abrasive. The abrasive helped Crest have a good fluoride toothpaste for a long time. About 5-10 years ago a new abrasive had come up called monofluorophosphate(MFP). Now, it is sodium fluoride that has help a lot of dental business. Today, the abrasives are chosen by how they are compatible with other ingredients in the mouthwash and toothpastes.
The side effect of using fluoride in water that most concerns me is the chance of getting cancer. My uncle and my grandmother have had cancer and I know the pain and treatment is so hard and unbearable. The link from fluoride in water to cancer worries me the most. We need to have more studies between these two things, I still believe that there should be fluoride in drinking water for healthy dental reasons. If cancer still floats around when the topic of fluoride in water comes up it makes me see that concept in a whole new way.
As you can tell from my article there is a lot infomation about fluoride. I would recomend that you do reasearch on your own because you might never know when interesting stuff comes across you and it will be important to know!!!
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