cavities

Public water fluoridation has well-understood health benefits (a reduction in cavities that cannot be achieved through brushing alone).

Context: Streptococcus mutans is one of the primary bacteria responsible for tooth decay / cavities.

Not to mention that many early toothpastes were often ineffective at preventing cavities by primarily relying on baking soda and peroxide.

The evidence remains clear that fluoridation is better than nothing at preventing cavities!

Also curious if they're using a film (like WhiteOptics White97) or having the cavities coated (I forget the product name).

I have a benchmark for this, because I once had to leave a board meeting to have some cavities filled.

I have had some minor illnesses such as cavities and hay fever, both of which I fixed using meditation and visualization.

We teach children to brush their teeth to avoid cavities.

I know tons of people under 30 who have a lot of cavities.

These observations are consistent with tribonucleation, a known process where opposing surfaces resist separation until a critical point where they then separate rapidly creating sustained gas cavities.

Sugar alcohols in particular are indigestible, so eating too many will make your intestines unhappy with you… On the other hand, they apparently _heal_ cavities instead of causing them.

The TSA would have a field day with all your cavities if you try to even so much as bring more than an ounce over three through airport security.

The takeaway here shouldn't be the absurd headline that "fluoridation may not prevent cavities," it should be "we should study how effective fluoridation is now that we have added other successful interventions."

Similarly, I have managed to "cure" a number of infections in my own body, both fungal and bacterial—and even, apparently, a few cavities—purely with a course of extra-strength expectorants and mucosal-membrane rinses containing biologically-safe surfactants (e.g.

> The article also points out, "Another 2009 review[link] by the Cochrane group clearly shows that fluoride toothpaste prevents cavities, serving as a useful counterpoint to fluoridation’s uncertain benefits." I think you understood this, but I wanted to clarify for others: the Cochrane review that this article is about showed that fluoridated water may not prevent tooth decay.