Toxic Dentistry Modern dentistry is a major source of two kinds of chemical toxicity that can be ruinous to our health, fluoride and mercury and other heavy metals. Here's the scoop on how to avoid these serious health hazards. Fluoride Fables and Fluoride Facts Fluoride became popular in the late 1940s as a way of strengthening tooth enamel and preventing decay. The belief that fluoride could aid dental health was based on falsified and misleading test results. An experiment was done in two cities. One city's water was fluoridated and the other was not. During the five-year experiment both cities saw a decrease in tooth decay by 65%, but the results in the control (non fluoridated) city were never reported. Fluoride is a toxin that displaces iodine in the body, which can depress thyroid function and contribute to problems with the breasts, uterus, prostate, skin and bones. Fluoride is actually harmful for your teeth and causes fluorosis, which leads to discoloration, pits and crevices, and overall weaker teeth. It can weaken bones, too, contributing to the development of osteoporosis. Fluoride is carcinogenic and depresses testosterone production in men. It weakens will power and makes people more docile and submissive. Worst of all, fluoride is a deadly toxin. It is used as an insecticide and rodenticide, but it can kill people, too. There is enough fluoride in one tube of fluoridated toothpaste to kill a small child and children have died from swallowing fluoride treatments in dental offices! (Note the warnings on fluoridated toothpaste.) In 1990 Dr. William Marcus blew the whistle on fluoride, exposing its connection with higher cancer rates, birth defects and osteoporosis. Dr. Marcus was the senior toxicologist in the Office of Drinking Water at the EPA and was consequently fired for trying to make his findings about fluoride known and was only rehired after suing the EPA. Unfortunately, the American Dental Association (ADA) is still teaching Americans that fluoride is good for their teeth by recommending fluoridated toothpastes. It's not. It is true that fluoride in your toothpaste can kill bacteria that may cause tooth decay, but there are far better ways of maintaining mouth hygiene. To protect yourself from fluoride, purify your drinking water at the tap (bottled water maybe fluoridated), buy dental products without fluoride, and reject fluoride treatments at the dentist's office. You can also help to detoxify your body to get rid of any fluoride to which you may have already been exposed. This can be done by dramatically upping your intake of iodine. Iodine has been clinically shown to increase urinary flushing of sodium fluoride. To flush calcium fluoride use iodine with extra calcium
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