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Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluoride, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
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Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows?

The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. 

The study, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, shows that if all 50 states stopped community water fluoridation programs, kids in the U.S. could expect to develop 25.4 million more cavities within the next five years. 

That’s the equivalent of a decayed tooth in 1 out of every 3 children.

The number of cavities would more than double in 10 years, to 53.8 million.

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[–] bacon_saber@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

Dentists hate this one easy trick

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Water?

Like...out of a toilet?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure it's out the toilet

[–] DrabPoultry@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Fish shit in it.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Grandma suffered bad teeth, always told us how lucky we were to have fluoridated water. She grew up on well water in Depression era West Virginia.

Not sure it makes any difference given that tooth paste carries plenty and our water systems don't carry enough to be an issue. It's a dumb fucking conspiracy theory either way.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jokes on them: Kids stopped drinking tap water when it failed to be regulated enough.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even though it has that delicious lead sweetness?

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

"kIdS nEeD sUgAr"

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