A. The study concluded that the Belgian Ministry of Health the use of excessive fluoride can lead to osteoporosis and nervous system damage. This resulted in the Belgian government banned the circulation of all types of tablets, candies that contain fluoride. Belgium, too, were presented the results of observations are in front of the European Union aggota to obtain agreement with the prohibition of toothpaste containing fluoride.
2. In some states limit the content of fluoride from day to day more and more reduced. In European countries, Australia and New Zealand fluoride content ranged from 250-500 ppm, while in Indonesia it implies large estimated that between 800-1500 ppm.
3. Professor Dirk Vanden Berghe, a Mikrobiologist Antwerpe University, stated that approximately 30-40% of toothpaste swallowed by children when they brush their teeth or through their saliva that causes the fluoride overdose. Moreover, manufacturers generally add aroma like fruit flavors that kids love. Yet the greater the content of fluoride in a toothpaste child, the greater the health risk be suffered later in life.
4. According to opinions expressed by an expert from the Maulana Azad teeth India Medical College (MAMC), Dr. Pankaj Goel, said toothpaste containing fluoride is not suitable for children under the age of 4 years. He said when fluoride toothpaste is often ingested in significant quantities by children can lead to fluorosis in children, and gave no good result in the child's bones and teeth. Children can experience bone loss and stunted growth. In fact, according to Dr Mahesh Verma, head of MAMC dental research center, the medical literature prohibit a toothpaste with fluoride for children under 5 years.
5. Symptoms of an overdose of fluoride can usually salivate a lot, abnormal sense of taste, body trembling, and rapid fatigue. While the breathing of people affected by an overdose of fluoride is generally heavy.
6. The report issued by the National Research Council of Canada found that fluoride increases the body's need for certain nutrients. In other words, the more one consumes, the more fluoride content of certain nutrients (calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, etc.) the body needs to stay healthy.
7. Report of the World Health Organizations (WHO) in 2001 showed that states were using fluoridation, such as the United States, in drinking water are decreasing in terms of damage reduction gigi.Tetapi kerusaakan teeth on countries that do not use fluoridation, such as Belgium, Denmark , Finland, Germany, Sweden and others, the decline was the same or even better than in the United States. So the claim that fluoridation is closely associated with a reduction in tooth decay is shallow and misleading statements.
