Former New York State Division of Well being Dental Director, J. Kumar, cautioned that whole fluoride consumption must be tallied earlier than prescribing extra. He wrote: “Due to the provision of fluoride from a number of sources, practitioners ought to prescribe different types of fluoride remedy based mostly on an understanding of sufferers’ whole publicity to fluoride and the necessity for it,” (NYS Dental Journal, February 1998). However his recommendation is never heeded – even by him.
Legislators ought to know the way a lot fluoride youngsters already ingest earlier than feeding them extra by way of the water provide.
Fluoride ingested every day from toothpaste ranges from 1/4 to 1/3 milligram (National Institutes of Health) “Gels utilized by dentists are sometimes utilized one to 4 instances a 12 months and may result in ingestions of 1.3 to 31.2 mg fluoride every time.”
How a lot is an excessive amount of?
According to the National Academy of Sciences, “with out inflicting undesirable unwanted effects together with reasonable dental fluorosis,” (yellow splotched enamel), the sufficient every day consumption of fluoride, from all sources, shouldn’t exceed: (However does)
— 0.01 mg/day for 0 – 6-month-olds (which is in each toddler system – concentrated or not)
— 0.5 mg/day for 7 via 12 months
— 0.7 mg/day for 1 – 3-year-olds
— 1.1 mg/day for 4 – 8 12 months olds
The EPA regulates water fluoride ranges to protect against fluoride-caused bone damage. So It is vital to know that fluoride focus in ingesting water doesn’t equate to a person’s every day dose. Fluoridation ought to by no means start with out fore information of the group’s fluoride consumption from all sources.
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