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0 pointsjdiff10mo ago0 comments

"For the few seconds people brush their teeth"? That's not how fluoridated drinking water works. Fluoridated water works all of the time, not just when brushing teeth, and it's not a vital chemical that the body craves.

You are missing something. If you're this confused about a topic, you should at a bare minimum read the Wikipedia page.

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cpursley10mo ago

I've read it and am not convinced we need to be ingesting fluoride water. Nor is Europe or most other countries and their dental health is fine.

Said another way - brush yo teeth, brush yo GD teeth: https://youtu.be/GlKL_EpnSp8?si=NeKJWKNlcHxtDUYD&t=112

mschuster9110mo ago

Yeah because in Europe we add fluoride and iodine to table salt, as well as to our toothpaste.

Also, we don't have anywhere close to the sugar consumption the US has, which keeps both our diabetes and dental health issues at rates far below the US.

jdiffOP10mo ago

The questions you posed are not questioning fluoride, they're asking what the basic premise even is. If you don't understand that, you are far from the position needed to be evaluating and analyzing the necessity or benefits of it.

The Wikipedia page you mentioned reading also points out that it's not only a US thing. Or even a water-only thing.

imcritic10mo ago

When I see an argument with a phrase like "basic premise" I know I'm reading some word mambo jambo, otherwise the author would just give their summary of that "basic premise" instead of deadlinking it (refer to something without actually referring it).

You don't have an argument yourself, you just wanted to share that you are pro some position.

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