Fluoridation, fractures, and teeth

Water fluoridation, osteoporosis, fractures--recent developments.

BACKGROUND Optimal (1ppm) water fluoridation is seen as the most socially equitable way to prevent dental caries, however concerns about the safety of fluoridation are periodically raised. METHODS Research on effects on bone published since the 1991 National Health and Medical Research Council report on water fluoridation was reviewed. RESULTS Thirty-three studies were identified. Adverse e...

I Fluoridation, " Texas Teeth, " and the Great Conspiracy. Part 1. the Issues

Some people calf it the “Greatest Medical Fraud of the Twentieth Century”l (p. 17) and a “poison to the human body.”z Are they talking about laetnle? vitamin C? chemotherapy? No, it’s fluoridation, the addition of fluorides to drinking water, that evokes these strong reactions, Glen S.R. Walker, an electroplating specialist and chairman, Freedom From Fluoridation Federation of Australia, 1 and ...

Fluoridation.

This story has a beginning, it has a middle but it has no ending. The 'ending' will undoubtedly be written in countless hospital records, on tiny gravestones, in the bones of the crippled and on the hearts of the bereaved. Even so, the true cause of the 'ending' will never be advertised. One record that slipped past the establishment net is duplicated herein but, believe it or not, the existenc...

Diagnosis and management of teeth with vertical root fractures.

Vertical fractures in teeth can present difficulties in diagnosis. There are, however, many specific clinical and radiographical signs which, when present, can alert clinicians to the existence of a fracture. In this review, the diagnosis of vertical root fractures is discussed in detail, and examples are presented of clinical and radiographic signs associated with these fractured teeth. Treatm...

Water fluoridation, bone density and hip fractures: a review of recent literature.