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		manmal 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its... > Fluoridated water is the reason I've never had a cavity despite growing up poor with a terrible diet, dental hygiene and care. I don’t follow the leap here. You could just be blessed with a good oral microbiome, proper calcium, D3 (sunlight exposure?), K2 etc. Going by your logic, there should be no dentists in the US.

heavyset_go 10 months ago [–]

There is no leap, when I finally got good access to dental care, I've had dentists tell me water fluoridation is what kept me from tooth decay in the chronic absence of dental care and basic hygiene.

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