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Fluoride is well known, is the best friend of the teeth. Thanks to him, strengthens the enamel and reduce cavities. However, excess fluoride can cause white spots are harmless to health, but that would spoil the smile … Should we stop fluoride supplements? The French Union for Oral Health (the UFSBD) makes its first recommendations.

Fluoride helps strengthen the resistance of enamel to acid attack. This property has been for 30 years a key weapon for the improvement of the teeth of children and adolescents. Among the battery of measures adopted include the generalization of fluoridated toothpaste, the decision to fluoridate water in some states in the United States or Canada and that of adding fluoride to salt (since 1987 in France). The government has also encouraged parents to give their children fluoride tablets or drops. Better safe than sorry … the post was firmly told for years “Be attentive to the future of your children’s baby teeth, give them fluoride!”. This creed is no longer appropriate today …

The risk of “fluorosis”

A controversy was born in the United States a few years ago, has questioned the supplements in the form of tablets and drops. The overdose of fluoride can indeed cause white spots on teeth, “fluorosis”. Paradoxically, this condition affects the media pay more attention to dental hygiene and more favorable to the administration of fluoride, the wealthier classes who have diligently followed the instructions. Read the rest of this entry »