How about a #FlashbackFriday, also a #FluorideFriday #FluorideFact. Dr Dean did his level best to slow the bandwagon down, to no avail. A very specific, small population mentioned.
That paper is the cornerstone of the theory that adding #fluorine to our diet using our water prevents tooth decay.
The stone is probably fluorite...
Speaking of stone, and #fluoridation, and putting things on pedestals, DYK?
roadsideamerica.com/news/16549
The first gorgeous monument to #fluoridation decayed.
Ody and the rest of those sweet people were very pleased with their handiwork. -|- "Incidentally, we understand that this booklet is going out to ALL THE #DENTISTS IN THE NATION.
What was the booklet that every single #Dentist in the USA received? With a little sugar on it...
All the Good Horses. Pretty high power group, to say the least.
Nobody ever called H. Trendley Dean, D.D.S, the "Father Of #Fluoridation" to his face.
Did not measure actual cavities to support their assumptions.
"To measure golfers on the course, let's guesstimate the number of cigarette butts around the ball washing stations."
There goes another treasured legend...
Still no cavities. Only a direct causal effect of #fluorine and #MottledTeeth. Not an "association", not a "correlation", but direct evidence of damage to the dentition. Fluorine damages enamel. Because it changes the chemical composition of the teeth.
"With a precision almost mathematical".
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The study of enamel #fluorosis was fruitful.
The "booklet" is 63 pages. Which every Dentist in America got a copy of. In 1945, when the etiology of caries was still being worked out. But, by #Fluoride, they KNOW how to prevent it!
Big Sugar 💕 #Fluoride.
And "all the #Dentists in the nation" were informed of how good #fluoride is!
#FluorideFridayFact.
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