| White-spotted or yellow splotched teeth may reveal | | | | Polish pediatricians found abnormal bone changes in 11 |
| more than needed expensive cosmetic dentistry. | | | | to 15 year-olds exhibiting dental fluorosis. (5a) |
| Children with fluoride-discolored teeth (dental | | | | A Rheumatology International study links naturally |
| fluorosis) are more likely to have bone damage, | | | | fluoridated water to knee osteoarthritis in amounts |
| according to a study published in the journal "Fluoride." | | | | many Americans consume daily. (6) |
| Despite living in a low-water-fluoride district, 132 | | | | Early fluorosis warning signs include joint pain, |
| Tibetan children, aged 8 to 13-years-old, developed | | | | stomach pain, excessive thirst and urination, muscle |
| dental fluorosis from dietary fluoride sources such as | | | | weakness, and/or anemia, especially if accompanied |
| brick tea, a popular Asian drink, fed to children as | | | | by discoloration in the patient's front row of teeth, |
| young as two years old. (1) | | | | according to Dr. A.K. Susheela, Director of India's |
| Wrist x-rays reveal that 96% of those children with | | | | Fluorosis Research and Rural Development |
| dental fluorosis had "developmental skeletal | | | | Foundation. (7) |
| abnormalities" including carpal bone hardening or | | | | A U.S. woman's spine pain alleviated when she |
| thickening. | | | | avoided fluoride.(8) |
| "Therefore, dental fluorosis in children should be | | | | "Americans are unaware that their arthritis or irritable |
| viewed as more than a matter of cosmetic concern, | | | | bowel syndrome could be fluoride-related," says |
| since it can also be a sign of early-stage skeletal | | | | attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State |
| fluorosis that might lead to full-scale debilitating | | | | Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. |
| skeletal fluorosis in adulthood," write researchers Cao | | | | Additional bone/fluoride research can be found here: |
| and colleagues. | | | | References: |
| Skeletal fluorosis with pain, stiffness and/or | | | | (1) [ |
| deforming bone defects, is common in Nalgonda, | | | | (2) |
| India (See: [ | | | | (3) |
| To avoid skeletal fluorosis in the U.S., the | | | | /newyorkstatecoalitionopposedtofluoridation |
| maximum-contaminant-level of fluoride allowed in | | | | _pgg6.php3 |
| drinking water by the Environmental Protection | | | | (4) |
| Agency is 4 parts per million (4 milligrams per liter). | | | | (5) |
| But, some people exceed 4 milligrams daily from their | | | | (5a) Chlebna-Sokól D(1), Czerwinski E(2), |
| diet, alone (2). Up to 63% of children living in optimally | | | | "Bone structure assessment on radiographs of distal |
| fluoridated areas (0.7 - 1.2 ppm) have dental fluorosis | | | | radial metaphysis inchildren with dental fluorosis," |
| (3). More studies show a link between dental fluorosis | | | | Fluoride, 1993 26:l, 37-44. |
| and bone damage. | | | | (6) |
| A British Medical Journal study reports that older | | | | (7) [ |
| white women from fluoridated communities have a | | | | (8) |
| 32% higher rate of wrist fracture. (4) | | | | SOURCE |
| A Mexican study links dental fluorosis to bone | | | | NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation New York |
| fractures. (5) | | | | State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. |