In response to an article written by Delta Dental about why NJ children have the worst teeth in the nation, this is what I responded with: According to the article you wrote, at http://www.nj.com/helpinghands/deltadental/index.ssf/2010/03/new_jersey_ranks_lowest_in_nat.html your answer to the problem is the lack of fluoridation of NJ water. Show me studies where the decay rate went down due to fluoridation. I’d like to open your eyes to the problems that fluoride causes. Please follow the links from the fluoridation page of my website. Be sure to visit fluoridealert.net . Let me ask you a question: “If you wanted to prevent skin cancer would you put SPF 50 in the water supply?” Of course not, the action of SPF 50 is topical. So too is the action of Fluoride. It’s also a very potent toxin that you don’t want taken internally. Have you ever looked at the warnings on a tube of fluoridated toothpaste? There’s enough Fl in one tube to kill a child. Let’s start thinking in terms of proper diet and nutrition, and the education of those parents who don’t do anything to prevent decay in their children because they’re “entitled” to free dental care. My feeling is DYFUS should be called. These parents are significantly abusing their children.
Steve Markus
The Centre for Dentistry at Haddon
209 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
856 546 0665