Drink
fluoridated water if it is available where you live and use fluoride toothpaste.
Not exact matches
If our bodies need fluoride at all, it's in trace amounts, not in the quantities supplied by
fluoridated water.
Using tap
water can be OK
if you live in a region that doesn't have chlorinated or
fluoridated water.
After they are six months old, infants do begin to need some fluoride, and so that is a good time to introduce some extra
water into their diet, especially
if they are breastfeeding, or simply prepare their iron - fortified infant formula with
fluoridated tap
water.
Also, children may need fluoride supplements
if they do not drink
fluoridated water.
The risk
if mixing infant formula with
fluoridated water is mild fluorosis (see below for more information on this condition).
The kinds of formula that must be mixed with
water — powdered or liquid concentrates — may increase the chance of dental fluorosis
if they are the child's main source food and
if the
water is
fluoridated.
If your drinking
water is not
fluoridated, talk to a dentist or physician about the best way to protect your child's teeth.
However,
if your child is only consuming infant formula mixed with
fluoridated water, there may be an increased chance for mild dental fluorosis.
If you live in an area where the
water is
fluoridated, drinking
water will also help prevent future tooth decay.
Fluoridated water and supplements (
if your main source of drinking
water has an insufficient concentration of fluoride).
If your local
water is
fluoridated — for 74 percent of Americans the answer is yes — your pediatrician might suggest using bottled
water or
water with fluoride removed with a reverse osmosis filter.
If your child is drinking tap
water (either alone, or mixed with baby formula or 100 % fruit juice), and you live in an area with the
water is
fluoridated, then he should be getting an adequate amount of fluoride.
If your drinking water is not fluoridated, ask your dentist, family doctor, or pediatrician if your child needs oral fluoride supplements, like drops, tablets, or lozenge
If your drinking
water is not
fluoridated, ask your dentist, family doctor, or pediatrician
if your child needs oral fluoride supplements, like drops, tablets, or lozenge
if your child needs oral fluoride supplements, like drops, tablets, or lozenges.
They may recommend a fluoride supplement
if you live in an area where the community
water is not
fluoridated.
If you live in an area where the community
waters are
fluoridated, a reverse osmosis system will remove it from your
water.
If most adults in
fluoridated communities are ingesting between 1.6 and 6.6 mg of fluoride per day from their drinking
water, that's more than enough to suppress their thyroid function!
No need to rinse with anything... but
if we go out of town and the
water is chlorinated and
fluoridated then my hair will seize up.
d)
If your municipal
water supply is chlorinated or
fluoridated switch from drinking tap
water to a
water supply which is neither chlorinated or
fluoridated and contains low to non-detectable levels of naturally - occurring fluoride.
Every home should have one, especially
if your
water is
fluoridated and you can't take baths.