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Kids and cavities
"shirley" wrote in message news:ZG2gb.694496$uu5.113747@sccrnsc04...
Sealing takes about 30 minutes and is totally painless. We had Chris's sealed but not Kathleen's. Chris has the most unusual geography on his molars, tons of pits and grooves that are very difficult to clean, even with an explorer but Kathleen's almost perfectly smooth which can be cleaned very well and easily. Neither have cavities either but both have braces. Brushing is a bit more difficult now. Also, Kathleen has never had fluoride drops (as suggested by the Chairman of Pedo at my DH's dental school), and does have fluoridosis (tooth staining). She was not medicated (another reason it occurs), as a baby or toddler but she still has a few spots on her teeth. Go figure - even our dentist has no clue. Shirley Chris and Kathleen 1/95 Many common foods have high enough levels of fluoride to cause fluorosis. Baby chicken food, made from mechanically deboned chicken, is one - because bone stores fluoride (as do teeth) and the mechanically deboning process invariably gets bone dust in the finished product. The same is for all mechanically deboned meats that make formed products such as hot dogs, mcNuggets, vienna sausages, etc. but chicken products show the highest amount. Grape juices have very high levels of fluoride because of fluoride containing pesticide residues. Juices made from skin-removed grapes are better for kids. Many fruit juices and sodas have as much fluoride as that of the tap water used to make it. Tea and tuna fish are two foods with very high fluoride content. And most all foods (in the highly fluoridated US, anyway) have some level of fluoride. Here's a website that lists some: http://bruha.com/pfpc/html/f-_in_food.html Dentist/researchers report that children who eat foods regularly with high fluoride content can get fluorosis even if their water supply isn't fluoridated and even if they aren't fed fluoride supplements. Other surprising sources of fluoride are air pollution, ocean mist and medicines. In fact, it's virtually impossible to consume a fluoride-free diet. New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof http://tinyurl.com/ad9k Fluoride Action Network http://www.fluoridealert.org |
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