The author appears to have gone lemming about Europe.
The author may be thinking of Europe of the 19th century. But now the population's embrace of science has waned. It loves homeopathy and has anti-vaxers galore. (The US had under 300 cases of measles last year; Europe had over 35,000.)
Europe is a patchwork of approaches to fluoride. Mu…
The author appears to have gone lemming about Europe.
The author may be thinking of Europe of the 19th century. But now the population's embrace of science has waned. It loves homeopathy and has anti-vaxers galore. (The US had under 300 cases of measles last year; Europe had over 35,000.)
Europe is a patchwork of approaches to fluoride. Much of Europe depends on well water or have communities too small to make fluoridation financially viable. Some countries have enough or too much fluoride in ground water. A number of countries in Europe and Latin American put fluoride in table salt or milk to get that all important systemic effect. (See link to maps below)
Six million (out of 68 million) in the UK now have fluoridated water, which explains why British teeth have never been something to write home about. I recommend the British Fluoridation Society for info: https://bfsweb.org
Despite my amalgam filled mouth (product of a misspent and mis-brushed youth) I feel compelled to defend King and country.
You seem to be better versed on these topics than me, but I understand that the UK scores either 4th or 5th best in the world on DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled Tooth) scores.
Denmark is routinely number 1.
The reputation for Austin-Powers-like smiles was always more about the lack of cosmetic orthodontics as well as the tea, beer and cigarette stains from stimulants vital to keeping us functional in the bloody weather.
The author appears to have gone lemming about Europe.
The author may be thinking of Europe of the 19th century. But now the population's embrace of science has waned. It loves homeopathy and has anti-vaxers galore. (The US had under 300 cases of measles last year; Europe had over 35,000.)
Europe is a patchwork of approaches to fluoride. Much of Europe depends on well water or have communities too small to make fluoridation financially viable. Some countries have enough or too much fluoride in ground water. A number of countries in Europe and Latin American put fluoride in table salt or milk to get that all important systemic effect. (See link to maps below)
Six million (out of 68 million) in the UK now have fluoridated water, which explains why British teeth have never been something to write home about. I recommend the British Fluoridation Society for info: https://bfsweb.org
I also recommend the author check out the ADA on fluoride and also what happened to Calgary when it stopped fluoridation for ten years. (https://adanews.ada.org/ada-news/2021/august/community-water-fluoridation-prevents-caries/)
Maps here:
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdhp-fluoridation/Marthaler+(2011)+Salt+Fluoridation.pdf#:~:text=Europe%20and%20Latin%20America%20are%20currently%20the,with%20implemented%20successful%20programs%20of%20salt%20fluoridation.&text=Nowadays%20in%20eight%20European%20countries%20national%20legal,Republic%2C%20France%2C%20Germany%2C%20Greece%2C%20Netherlands%2C%20Spain%2C%20Switzerland.
Ahem.
Despite my amalgam filled mouth (product of a misspent and mis-brushed youth) I feel compelled to defend King and country.
You seem to be better versed on these topics than me, but I understand that the UK scores either 4th or 5th best in the world on DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled Tooth) scores.
Denmark is routinely number 1.
The reputation for Austin-Powers-like smiles was always more about the lack of cosmetic orthodontics as well as the tea, beer and cigarette stains from stimulants vital to keeping us functional in the bloody weather.
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