ADA Approves Topical Prescription Fluoride for HomeADA Approves Topical Prescription Fluoride for Home
The American Dental Association has provided its first guidance on the use of topical prescription fluoride that patients apply at home. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dental & Oral Health News Source Type: news
Estimated drinking water fluoride exposure and risk of hip fracture: A cohort study - Näsman P, Ekstrand J, Granath F, Ekbom A, Fored CM.
The cariostatic benefit from water fluoridation is indisputable, but the knowledge of possible adverse effects on bone and fracture risk due to fluoride exposure is ambiguous.
The association between long-term (chronic) drinking water fluoride exposure... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Could cheap tea bags make you ill? Study reveals they contain high fluoride levels that could damage teeth, bones and muscles
A study by the University of Derby analysed fluoride levels in supermarket and branded teabags. Fluoride is essential for bone and dental health but too much - over 4mg per day - can cause joint and tooth disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do fluoride levels in cheap tea pose a health risk?
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This study suggests that people drinking economy brands of tea may be exposed to high levels of fluoride, which can cause dental and bone problems. The researchers calculate that people drinking 1 litre of cheap tea a day may be consuming more fluoride than the daily recommended amount, as advised by US experts. However, as the authors themselves say, in the US the “upper tolerable limit” of fluoride is 10mg of fluoride daily. The researchers’ calculations are not based on this maximum limit – but on recommended daily intake.
In some parts of the world the natural fluoride levels in water are excessive ...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Food/diet Source Type: news
Physiologic conditions affect toxicity of ingested industrial fluoride - Sauerheber R.
The effects of calcium ion and broad pH ranges on free fluoride ion aqueous concentrations were measured directly and computed theoretically. Solubility calculations indicate that blood fluoride concentrations that occur in lethal poisonings would decrease... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Fluoride Reduces The Ability Of Decay-Causing Bacteria To Stick
In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay. Their report appears in the ACS journal Langumir. Karin Jacobs and colleagues explain that despite a half-century of scientific research, controversy still exists over exactly how fluoride compounds reduce the risk of tooth decay. That research established long ago that fluoride helps to harden the enamel coating that protects teeth from the acid produced by decay-causing bacteria... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news
EPA Standard for Fluoride in Drinking Water Is Not Protective - Tooth Enamel Loss, Bone Fractures of Concern at High Levels
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys standard for the maximum amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water -- 4 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water -- does not protect against adverse health effects. (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - March 22, 2006 Category: Science Source Type: news
