Seals, nature, and truth

Did you know? Fluoridation has the ADA seal of approval. Community water fluoridation is recommended by the American Dental Association, the largest scientific body for dentists in the U.S. and the same dentists who evaluate whether fluoride toothpastes and mouthwashes meet scientific criteria for the Seal of Acceptance program. That is some important smile science … Read more

Did you know these facts about fluoride?

Did you know? The benefits of fluoride include less severe cavities. The health benefits of fluoride include having fewer cavities, less severe cavities, less need for fillings and removing teeth, and less pain and suffering because of tooth decay. Did you know? Fluoridated water prevents one of every four cavities. Over our lifetimes, on average, … Read more

Fluoride Facts about Seniors plus Quotes

Communities in the United States have been drinking fluoridated water for 80 years now. And that fluoridated water prevents cavities at all ages. Even if you’re older than fluoridation! Everyone, from kids to seniors, gets little bits of fluoride remineralizing their enamel throughout the day, when they drink fluoridated water. Light up the truth! We love this … Read more

Did you know these facts about fluoride?

Fluoride makes your teeth more like shark teeth! Sharks have enamel that is nearly pure fluorapatite. When you drink fluoridated water and brush your teeth with fluoride toothpaste, fluoride remineralizes the cavity-prone carbonated apatite in your teeth and forms a mixture of fluorapatite and hydroxyapatite. Fluoride is the major ion of fluoride which is the … Read more

Dating, exposing hoaxes, and fluoride in the ocean

Is fluoride a hoax? Nope, but it did prove the Piltdown Man skull was a hoax! The longer a fossil is in the ground, the more naturally-occurring fluoride it absorbs from groundwater. This new method of dating fossils was used in 1953 to show that the Piltdown Man skull was not a new species of … Read more