Healthy Moms
My dentist wants my 3 yo and 5 yo to have fluoride tablets. I am hesitant because their are thyroid issues in my immediate family. I have read fluoride toxicity can increase the chances of hypothyroidism. Our water isn't treated with Fluoride and I keep hearing about more town taking it out of the water. What do you ladies think??
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I've honestly never heard that before...so I'm not sure...sorry mama!
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I would do some research on that. Do you drink well water or something? They should be getting enough flouride just from tap water and flouride toothpaste alone.
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How are their teeth? I wouldn't use it for a 3 yr old but if your 5yr old is good with rinse & spit then you might consider a flouride rinse. You can find it at walmart (or similar place) on the aisle with kids toothbrushes & kids toothpastes. Interestingly enough, the flouride rinses for kids have more flouride in them than the ones for adults.
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IMHO...my mother just told that she heard that fluoride can cause mental illnesses... granted, she does not want to admit I got mine through heredity, which I did, but I do think tablets sound weird; when we were kids we had treatments ON our teeth, at the office. I've never heard of tablets. They took it out of the water for a reason. If you want to treat an area, treat the area. That's JMO.
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Our town doesn't treat for fluoride. I would rather do a rinse but the dentist wants the supplement for the kids permanent teeth.
Quoting cleanaturalady:
I would do some research on that. Do you drink well water or something? They should be getting enough flouride just from tap water and flouride toothpaste alone.
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Quoting darbyakeep45:
I've honestly never heard that before...so I'm not sure...sorry mama!
Me either. Our dentist brushes on something so that's once every 6 months. -
The thing is there was a fluoride treatment at the appointment.
Quoting reneawesley:
Quoting darbyakeep45:
I've honestly never heard that before...so I'm not sure...sorry mama!
Me either. Our dentist brushes on something so that's once every 6 months. -
Quoting mp3mom:
IMHO...my mother just told that she heard that fluoride can cause mental illnesses... granted, she does not want to admit I got mine through heredity, which I did, but I do think tablets sound weird; when we were kids we had treatments ON our teeth, at the office. I've never heard of tablets. They took it out of the water for a reason. If you want to treat an area, treat the area. That's JMO.
I am concerned about the tablet because for how many year have you heard not to swallow toothpaste because of the fluoride.
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The thing I've heard about flouride is it's hard to know when you're getting too much and if you do, then it can cause problems. I would get some clarification from the dentist before I did it if I were you. That's just me though.
Quoting cmorris1200:
Our town doesn't treat for fluoride. I would rather do a rinse but the dentist wants the supplement for the kids permanent teeth.
Quoting cleanaturalady:
I would do some research on that. Do you drink well water or something? They should be getting enough flouride just from tap water and flouride toothpaste alone.
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Very true... and they removed it from water. IDK... it's a hard decision. Why won't they just give it to them on their teeth? Our dentist DOES that! It reeks $ to me... but I'm the skeptical one, lol.
Quoting cmorris1200:
Quoting mp3mom:
IMHO...my mother just told that she heard that fluoride can cause mental illnesses... granted, she does not want to admit I got mine through heredity, which I did, but I do think tablets sound weird; when we were kids we had treatments ON our teeth, at the office. I've never heard of tablets. They took it out of the water for a reason. If you want to treat an area, treat the area. That's JMO.
I am concerned about the tablet because for how many year have you heard not to swallow toothpaste because of the fluoride.