by Pride Dental | Aug 24, 2022 | Fluoride
Tea is delicious and often comforting. Some types – green tea, for instance – can even be a boon to your oral health. Of course, it can also be an invisible source of fluoride (both from the tea leaves and the water used to brew it). While...
by Lisa | Jun 24, 2021 | Fluoride
If you were to ask the average dentist about the risks of overexposure to fluoride, at most, they might mention dental fluorosis – a condition in which the teeth become discolored and pitted. In fact, this is how fluoride even came to dentistry’s...
by Pride Dental | Feb 4, 2021 | Fluoride
There are lots of benefits to drinking tea, oral and systemic. We’ve blogged about some of them before. But we’ve also noted a considerable downside: Many teas can contain a good amount of fluoride, which isn’t exactly something you want to be ingesting. As with...
by Pride Dental | Oct 29, 2020 | Fluoride
Earlier this month, the US National Toxicology Program’s report on fluoride dropped – a review of hundreds of studies, including 60 in vitro studies, 339 animal studies, and 159 human studies. Its conclusion? The human body of evidence provides a consistent and...
by Pride Dental | Feb 27, 2020 | Fluoride
It’s been over three years since the IAOMT, Food & Water Watch, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and other concerned groups sued after the EPA denied its citizen petition requesting the end of fluoridation. Despite more than 60 studies showing...