Fluoride Effects

Fluorine is the world's thirteenth most bounteous component and constitutes 0.08% of the Earth's outer layer. It has the most electronegativity of all components. Fluoride is broadly conveyed in the earth. In January of 1945, Grand Rapids in the United States, fluoridated the water in the community to a level of 1 ppm as a dental caries aversion measure. Nonetheless, water fluoridation remains a disputable general wellbeing measure. The article reviews the importance of Fluoride and the effects on human health. Fluoride is used widely in dentistry to help fight dental carries (cavities) in patients. “It is widely accepted that fluoride only helps prevent dental decay by topical means—by direct action on the tooth enamel predominantly after eruption and dental plaque.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Achievements in public health, 1900—1999: fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 48, no. 41, pp. 933–940, 1999. …show more content…
However, there is no way to know how much intake we are getting when drinking water containing fluoride. The question then becomes what is the “optimal dose”? Sauerheber has studied the naturally occurring intake of fluoride (Calcium Fluoride CaF2) which is found in the water we drink. Also, the added compounds which include sodium fluoride (NaF) as well as fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6). His conclusion is that when these particles are added they can cause psychological effects. “The most obvious and widespread impact of fluoride is dental fluorosis.” This is when too much fluoride is indigested or inhaled causing chronic metabolic bone disease. (B. L. Riggs, S. F. Hodgson, M. W. O'Fallon et al., “Effect of fluoride treatment on the fracture rate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis,” The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 322, no. 12, pp. 802–809,