BigBallinStalin wrote:
Yeah, but suppose I like having brittle bones. WHAT THEN, DR. CONNETT?!
you might try studying physics. See, the harder something is, the more brittle it becomes.
just one of the many points ignored, and discussed pretty fully when this was brought up before.... jay's thread, I think it was?
Anyway, I am not arguing that it should not be debated or the issue re-examined. I am saying that it was a policy made based on science... and despite the claims to the contrary, has worked.
The "problem" is that our overall health, including dental health, is now so high that these other issue begin to matter, instead of being negligible impacts.
Its sort of like an old stats class example. If you are in a room (all needs met, no one can leave0 where random shotguns rain down and kill a random person every day, are you really going to worry that a chemical in the air might kill one in one hundred?
Now, people actually get to keep their teeth1 Flouridated water IS a big reason, but whether that need can now be met more effectively through other means, such as brushing more frequently, etc. Remember when kindergarteners learned to "brush once a day" ? Now kids are taught to brush "after each meal", or an absolute minimum of twice.