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Robyn Chuter's avatar

It's depressing to realise that so many scientists are perfectly willing to sell out fellow citizens - including children - for their proverbial pieces of silver.

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Jessica Funk's avatar

The story is all too familiar. BTW...there was a goofy typo in my original post that another reader brought to my attention. I have corrected :)

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Lisa's avatar

I appreciate your posts. I retired after 45 years as an RDH last year. The last 10-12 years, since fluoride varnish became the norm, the pressure to have any adult patients get fluoride varnish (whether they had caries or not) was uncomfortable.

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Jessica Funk's avatar

Thank you for the support. If you ever have a topic you think I should cover, please make a suggestion.

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Jessica Funk's avatar

This is great stuff! I can’t wait to take a deeper dive. Thank you for sharing all of the links, especially about fluoride.

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Jessica Funk's avatar

Sorry fluoric acid

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Grasshopper Kaplan's avatar

Would be interesting to see a new study with an actual control group for fluoride study that didn't get any...

Will they start a new moniker for anti-fluoriders?

Actually, there should also be a control for people in the study who use a toothbrush with no toothpaste versus the others...

I think flossing is what really counts

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Jessica Funk's avatar

These studies should be done! I think the water pik is the best tool out there.

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Jim McCraigh's avatar

That last image of insect poison says it all!

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Frederick R Smith's avatar

Fantastic essay!

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Jessica Funk's avatar

Thank you!!

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