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RFK Jr. Admits Removing Fluoride From Drinking Water Will 'Probably' Lead to More Cavities in Children (www.latintimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The was no fluoride where I was born and lived for the first two years of my life. I’ve had a mouth full of cavities all my life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I never had flouride at all, ever, in my water and I've only had maybe 2 cavities.

[–] ricecake 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
  1. people do have different teeth.
  2. are you sure? Keep in mind that the most common reason to not flouridate water is because natural flouride levels are sufficient.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Untested well water so I'm not positive. I think it genes/biology is a huge part.

[–] ricecake 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Genes do play a role in dental health. Water flouridation very effectively does a better job providing better results to more people with great reliability. That's backed by a huge amount of data.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Great reasonable, and mature reply!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I lived in a properly fluoridated region and have not had any!

Ignore anecdotes kids and use statistics!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

My brothers had flouridarted water and few cavities. You won't convince me that's not at fault.