Should kids use fluoride toothpaste?Is fluoride good or bad for a person?

Answer 1

Fluoride is very good, in fact those of us in rural areas, the pediatrician gave us a RX for fluoride water to give my kids when they were babies.

Answer 2

I won't pretend to be any kind of medical expert, but as far as I know flouride is bad for you. I definately know the majority of answers will say it is good for you, so if you go by popular belief, then it is good for you. I know it's used as a poison in some cases. However I'm told in small quantities it's alright, although my logic is that poison is poison and in smaller quantities it just doesn't kill as much. I did hear though that flouride eats away at the plaque but can also eat a bit into your teeth, causing your teeth to have an irregular surface and thereby expediated the build-up of plaque.

Answer 3

its ok for kids to use fluoride toothpaste. fluoride is mostly good for a person and their teeth, as long as you dont have too much.

Answer 4

Dentists will tell you that flouride is good for your teeth.
But I have read different in health magazines.
I don't think it hurts people or kids if they don't swallow it.
I think it is the flouride that municipalities put in their water systems that is harmful and toxic.
I have not have flouride for all my life and my teeth are ok.
The important thing is to brush your teeth at least every day and go to the dentist to get them cleaned and checked 1 -2 times a year.

Answer 5

If their old enough to spit.

FL is very reactive = like Clorine and other stuff on that column in the periodic chart.

That's how it protects teeth = is reacts with something that would attack the enamel before the bad actors can get to it.

Similarly it is bad to injest Flourine.