Re: Dinner in the year of our lord 20241031.

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

cavities from unfluoridated water.

https://www.newsweek.com/fluoridation-may-not-prevent-cavities-huge-study-shows-348251
The review identified only three studies since 1975—of sufficient quality to be included—that addressed the effectiveness of fluoridation on tooth decay in the population at large. These papers determined that fluoridation does not reduce cavities to a statistically significant degree in permanent teeth, says study co-author Anne-Marie Glenny, a health science researcher at Manchester University in the United Kingdom. The authors found only seven other studies worthy of inclusion dating prior to 1975.
The authors also found only two studies since 1975 that looked at the effectiveness of reducing cavities in baby teeth, and found fluoridation to have no statistically significant impact here, either.
The scientists also found "insufficient evidence" that fluoridation reduces tooth decay in adults (children excluded).
"From the review, we're unable to determine whether water fluoridation has an impact on caries levels in adults," Glenny says. ("Tooth decay," "cavities" and "caries" all mean the same thing: breakdown of enamel by mouth-dwelling microbes.)