Flouride
Though flouride it considered the main leader in tooth decay preventer, many people disapprove from adding flouride to drinking water because it caused brown stains and mottled teeth on many people. People believe that the past results will occur again if they add flouride to their water. A dentist in Colorado Springs found that the brown stains and mottled teeth of his patients were actually resistant to decay. He found that the large amounts of flouride in the water caused these spots and mottled teeth.
Flouride prevents tooth decay in two ways: by reducing the ability of bacteria in plaque to generate tooth-weakening acids, and helps remineralize those tooth areas where acid attack has already begun.
I believe that adding more flouride to water would be wrong. It could cause long-term tooth and enamle damage. Also, mottled teeth. But studies have shone that flouride is a leader in preventing tooth decay which is an important part in todays life. As long as the water does not taste bad and does not hurt anyone then adding flouride could be okay.
Decay-preventing compounds, such as Stannous Flouride, Sodium Flouride, and Sodium Monofluorophosphate have been added to toothpaste. Many toothpaste and mouthwash companies today use sodium flouride, flouride-abrasive, or cementing flouridated toothpaste. Water fluoridation, while serving the same decay-preventive purpose as toothpaste fluoridation, uses a different set of chemicals derived from a different source.
The side effects of adding flouride to drinking water that are a concern to me are the ugly brown stains on teeth. Though now, flouride enriched water doesn’t have side effects, before the important toothpaste discovery the mottled teeth and brown stains were the most affulent effects to be brought to peoples attention.
