Yet Another Study Shows Provided by New
York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc
March 9, 2005
OLD BETHPAGE, NY
Tooth decay declined substantially in
prevalence and severity when Hong Kong children consumed less
fluoride, indicative of a world-wide scientific trend
revealing, with fluoride, less is best; none is better.
In 1988, Hong Kong reduced water fluoride levels from 0.7
parts per million (ppm) to 0.5 ppm. By 1995, 31% fewer
11-year-olds had cavities with a 42% reduction in average
cavity rates, according to the Hong Kong Public Health
Bulletin. Similar reductions occurred in 1978 when Hong Kong's
fluoridation rates were first cut from 1 ppm to 0.7 ppm.
Hong Kong's dental health is superior to the United States',
even though U.S. children consume 1 ppm fluoridated water and
brush with 1,000 ppm fluoridated toothpaste. And Hong Kong
children use lower concentrated (500 ppm) fluoridated
toothpaste.
Evidence that eliminating fluoridation lessens decay:
* Seven years after
fluoridation ended in LaSalud, Cuba, cavities remained low in
6- to 9-year-olds, decreased in 10- to 11-year-olds, and
significantly decreased in 12- to 13-year-olds, while
caries-free children increased dramatically, according to
Caries Research.
* East German scientists report, "following the
cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz . . .
and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was
observed," according to Community Dentistry and Oral
Epidemiology. . . Surveys in the formerly-fluoridated towns of
Spremberg and Zittau found "caries levels for the 12-year-olds
of both towns significantly decreased... following the
cessation of water fluoridation."
* In British Columbia,
Canada, "the prevalence of caries decreased over time in the
fluoridation-ended community while remaining unchanged in the
fluoridated community," reported in Community Dentistry and
Oral Epidemiology.
* In 1973, the Dutch town
of Tiel stopped fluoridation. Researchers counted decayed,
missing, and filled permanent tooth surfaces (DMFS) of Tiel's
15-year olds, then collected identical data from
never-fluoridated Culemborg. DMFS rates initially increased in
Tiel then dipped to 11% of baseline from 1968/69 to 1987/88
while never-fluoridated Culemborg's 15-year-olds had 72% less
cavities over the same period, reports Caries Research.
In New York State, cavities and tooth loss are greater in
fluoridated rather than in non-fluoridated counties. In fact,
tooth decay crises exist in most, if not all, large
fluoridated U.S. cities.
Sometimes stopping fluoridation has no effect as in Kuopio,
Finland, and Durham, North Carolina.
Some countries show lower decay rates in less fluoridated
villages when compared to higher fluoridated villages such as
in Uganda, the Sudan and Ethiopia.
In South Australia, dental examinations of 4800 ten- to
fifteen-year-olds' permanent teeth reveal unexpected results -
similar cavity rates whether they drink fluoridated water or
not.
In the United States, despite living without fluoridated
water, rural children's cavity rates equal those of urban
children, who are more likely to drink fluoridated water,
according to a large national government study of over 24,000
U.S. children.
And, to add insult to injury, cavity rates doubled after water
fluoridation began in Kentucky.
SOURCE:
New York State Coalition Opposed to
Fluoridation, Inc.
PO Box 263
Old Bethpage, New York 11804
Paul S. Beeber, President and General Counsel nyscof@aol.com
