Q My 17-month-old has what my dentist calls ‘baby-bottle mouth’. She has lost most of the enamel from one tooth and has cavities in three others. The dentist says it’s due to nighttime feeding (she is breastfed).
* Tranquillisers
* Beta-blockers
* Steroids such as prednisolone
* Epilepsy drugs such as Zonegran
Two new studies of community water fluoridation have shown that, while there may be small benefits to bone, the effects of high fluoride consumption on children's teeth are still cause for concern ...
Although you can't eliminate your exposure to fluoride entirely, you can minimise your risk of overdosing. ...
Many water companies in the UK have been reluctant to add fluoride to the local water supply because of fears of being sued by consumers who may claim their health has been harmed by the move. But a recent law, the Water Act 2003, takes the decision...
Iam horrified that the water supplies in inner city areas like Glasgow may be fluoridated. I have experienced horrendous reactions to fluoride since the age of 13, and so have my children. Tests i ...
One of the most interesting connections with lupus is its link with fluoride over consumption. As has already been demonstrated in this journal, fluoride is one of the most toxic substances aroun ...
The Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation commissioned last summer by the Department of Health has reported at last (BMJ, 6 October 2000 and NHS CRD Report No 18). It had been hugely misrepresen ...
One person died and many others suffered vomiting and nausea after high levels of fluoride entered the public water supply in an Alaskan community. ...
How close are we to compulsory fluoridation in Britain? In July 1997, a regional UK health authority was given High Court permission to launch a judicial review to challenge the local water autho ...