b'ate good dental health. Instead, the ADAFor proper evaluation of fluoride, den- views adopted by administrators and pol-wants you to get fluoride treatments, drinktists must go beyond their simple, overlyicy makers. The history of all of the inequi-fluoridated water, brush with fluoridatedexpandedanddogmaticbenefitdefi- ties, harm, and suffering caused by fluoride toothpaste (which in itself is an illegally la- nitionoffluoridetotheinadequateun- must be widely revealed and remembered.beled drug lacking dosage information order-definition of the harms of fluoride. In accurate dispensing), have fluoridated var- other words, dentists must be open to lookTake Action nishing, and even take fluoride pillsall toat the complex, dynamic, and multiple char- We must, again, strongly demand that the stop tooth decay? More realistically, all ofacteristics of current fluoride use. DentistsAmerican Dental Association stop pushing this trouble and expense are only to createmust eliminate their self-deception concern- the fluoridation of our public water sup-dental emergencies, crowns, root canals, im- ing the benefits of fluoride. They mustplies. This includes those Health Depart-plants, bridges, fluorosis and with shame- also consider the full effects of fluoride onments and Water Boards that actually direct less and reckless disregard for all the harmthe organism as a whole and fluorides usetheir employees to poison our water with it is causing to the rest of the body, organs,in oral health within the body and the en- toxic fluoride. In the 1970s, the National and glands as well as the extreme harm tovironment.Health Federation waged successful cam-the environment.Through the ADAs powerful public in- paigns to halt fluoridation of the public Thishelpstoexplainthebenefitsthefluence and backing, fluoride has become awater supplies in many counties and States ADA has contrived for its membership astruly overwhelming factor in poisoning theacross the United States. But the battle is a professional associationlong term, con- environment while causing severe healthstill unfinished. Inform yourself more on stant,andguaranteedexpensivedentalproblems for many people. This is an un- this issue and then contact your local Water work providing high profits over time. It ispardonable act that will weigh heavily onBoards and municipal health departments easy to see that the information presentedthe dental profession for many years toto help finish the job of eliminating this dan-to dentists in their education regarding thecome. gerous practice of adding toxic fluoride to benefits of fluoride is based on institutional- This unhealthy practice dispossesses so- the rest of our public water supplies.ized, delusional, inadequate language thatciety of its health, and thus of its wealth.Thebottomlineisquitesimple:One pays no attention to the relational aspectsThis is a betrayal to society where deceitshould always weigh the risks versus the of the human body and the World at large.hidesthetruthandcoversitwithlies,benefits when prescribing any treatment or Preventing cavities becomes an emotionalmisdirection, and a degree of insanity. Ac- drug. The therapeutic dose of fluoride is Holy War where dentists appear to learncurate knowledge must come forward tothe same as the toxic dose of fluoridein things as absolute truths that do not residechange the dogma of the present, to replaceother words, there is no margin of safety in the real world of scientific context andthe views held by dentists as well as thebetween the two!relationships.Look Beyond the RhetoricSome dentists actually think that cav-ities are a result of a fluoride deficiency, whereas science states firmly that fluoride has no nutritional benefits and can causeNote: There are many dentists who practice ethical dentistry. More and chronic and persistent harm to teeth. Cav- more dentists oppose public water fluoridation. Still, there are dentists who ities have always been linked to dietaryadvocate specialized use of fluoride for extraordinary purposes for individ-habits and especially to the increased con- ual patients. This does not change the scientific reality of fluoride being a sumption of sugar and lack of dental clean- poison and enzyme disruptor; however, as in chemotherapy, the drug may ing. Rotting teeth did not become a socialbe toxic, yet, still may be ultimately beneficial in very special situations norm in England except for the great loveunder highly controlled professional supervision. In 1988, NHF Board of sugar, used on everything and so highlymember Dr. Richard Fischer, D.D.S. was the first person to present a re-consumed that the wealthy had blackenedport on fluoride toxicity to the International Academy of Oral Medicine & teeth and if not, they blackened them arti- Toxicology (IAOMT). Prior to that their programs spoke only of mercury ficially to show how wealthy they were. Intoxicity. Dentists should join other like-minded dentists such as the mem-the United States today, sugar consumptionbers of the IAOMT to stop public water fluoridation as their professional conservatively averages 126 pounds perduty, as citizens, and as humanitarians. person. The additional overconsumption of soft drinks with their high levels of phos-phoric acid further contributes to the prob-lem by reducing healthy calcium levels.12 H ealtHF reedomN ews /s priNg2022'