Comments on: Kids are getting more cavities these days

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:54:23 +0000

my step son likes the soft drinks i try to encourage him to drink water i agree that tap water is grose so alot of the time i boil water fill up a bottle and put it in the fridge i find it puts my mind at ease but i hope i am not taking the flouride out of the water by doing this. i just feel it is a nicer way the water doesnt have that yucky taste that tap water has.

By: nyscof

nyscof — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:34:34 +0000

There is no evidence that drinking bottled water leads to more tooth decay. However, there’s loads of evidence that too much fluoride damages teeth so that they are more apt to decay.

Before feeding your kids even more fluoride, check out the fluoride content of all the foods you feed them at the USDA’s fluoride database.

Fluoride is found in high amounts in chicken baby food and formed chicken products like chicken nuggets because fluoridated bone dust gets into the mechanically de-boned chicken. High amounts of fluoride are in some grape juices because of fluoride containing pesticide residues remaining on the grapes before juicing.

Fluoride is in white bread, french fries, sodas juices, virtually everything.

Since fluoride is neither a nutrient nor essential for healthy teeth, there’s no such thing as “not enough.” But there is a growing concern about dental fluorosis – a sign that children have been fluoride overdosed.

for more info
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
http://www.fluorideaction.net

By: TheBabyBug.com

TheBabyBug.com — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:23:10 +0000

Kids are getting more cavities these days – Be A Good Dad

Kids are getting more cavities now then back in the 80s/90s. What can we do about it?

By: beagooddad

beagooddad — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:17:30 +0000

Bad Dad, I used to get cavities every time I went to the dentist until I switched to a good electric toothbrush. I haven’t had any in the 6 years or so since…and I drank a ton of pop during most of that time.

By: Bad Dad

Bad Dad — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:56:43 +0000

Cavities drive me crazy. I personally don’t eat sweets except maybe a Reeses Peanut Butter cup once every two months. I have maybe 4 cans of Coke a week. The rest of the time I eat healthy and drink water or coffee.

Every time I go to the dentist, she says: “Looky here, a new cavity is forming.” I brush, I floss, I watch what I eat and drink. But it’s never good enough. Grrr.

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 03 May 2007 05:38:31 +0000

My kids drink water more than anything else. But you’re right. They are drinking lots of bottled water. No flouride. I will have to look into a flouride rinse. Thanks for the post.

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31 cent scoop day at Baskin-Robbins - Be A Good Dad — Thu, 03 May 2007 03:12:15 +0000

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By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:13:20 +0000

You are so right and I am so guilty of all of those things! The only thing I hate is tap water. It may not be “bad for you”, but most of it tastes awful. I grew up drinking water from a well, and there is nothing sweeter on this earth than pure spring water! I keep a Brita pitcher of tap water in the fridge, but I have no idea whether that filters out the Flouride (but I don’t care either). Getting the boys to drink water from a cup is hard; they love the sport bottles because they’re more fun, I guess.