My family has a history of bad teeth with weak enamel. We could brush, floss, and use mouthwash five times a day and still get cavities. When my son's teeth came in, they had very weak enamel, and he had to have a lot of dental repair done when he was only two. This was when I started searching the internet for something that could help his teeth; and I discovered Xylitol. Xylitol is a white substance that tastes like sugar. It is found in various items in nature including hardwood, raspberries, berries, and lettuce-it is truly a natural sweetener. It is often derived from birch. Testing confirms that Xylitol reduces tooth decay in people who are prone to dental cavities, and even in those who are not. Children who chewed the recommended amount …show more content…
The FDA confirmed the safety of Xylitol in 1986. Xylitol is available in a sugar form to use as a sweetener instead of sugar, but this is somewhat cost-prohibitive for the average person. However, the Xylitol dental products are quite reasonable in cost. Currently, there are a wide range of Xylitol dental products available including mouthwash, chewing gum, mints, candy, toothpaste, and baby products. I have tried the toothpaste, mouthwash, and gum (in the Xlear brand of Xylitol products) and found them to be refreshing and good tasting. My four year old son enjoys Xylitol candy and the fruit-flavored gum. There are also Xylitol products available for babies such as a gel to rub on gums and teeth from Xlear products, and Xylitol wipes to clean the teeth from Spiffies. Most of these products have to be ordered online, although Dentyne and a few other major gum brands now carry gum with Xylitol in it (great to chew between meals for extra teeth cleaning). The Spiffies baby teeth wipes are now available at some major pharmacies such as CVS. Probably, what you are wondering now is if Xylitol actually …show more content…
It seems that she has been working with the American Dental Association in order to help save children's teeth. One thing that she mentioned which was very interesting is that bottled does not contain fluoride. Most parents know how important fluoride is for there children's teeth. That is why so many parents will purchase the nursery or baby water which contains the fluoride in it that kids need. The fact that she is supporting the American Dental Association is great and helping parents to be more aware of how important it is to take the proper care of your children's teeth. Joan Lunden stated on the show that she has seven children so it is pretty obvious why dental care is so important to her. I agree that children need to have proper dental care, starting from a very young age and that it is important for them to have the right amount of fluoride, but I don't think that means that you have to use nursery or baby water for your children. Many children take vitamins with fluoride supplements added from infancy which contain all the fluoride that they need, so the point that they brought out about the fluoride not being in bottled water is really not such a big deal in my opinion. When it comes to children's dental health there are several things that all parents should follow. 1. Teach your children to brush thoroughly at least three times a day. 2. Teach your
Thesis Statement: Concerns for water fluoridation stem from the toxicity of fluoride, the dangers fluoride pose to the body, and equal declining tooth decay seen for fluoridated and non-fluoridated countries.
My first argument for the fluoridation of water is that everyone in society should have equal opportunities for dental health improvements; water fluoridation achieves this as it promotes equity within society by making increased fluoride accessible to everyone. The principle of equity aims to ensure resources within society are distributed in a way that results in everyone their minimum requirements met (Reid & Robson, 2007). Public water fluoridation therefore creates equity for dental health improvements by making some level of preventative care available to everyone (Awofeso, 2012). This builds on the idea...
We often say how lucky we are to live in a place where we have access to safe water at any time but what if that was questioned? What if our water isn’t safe; it’s just that now we can’t see the dangers? Throughout the world 25 first world countries fluoridate some amount of their water artificially; almost half of these countries have the majority of their population drinking this chemically enhanced liquid every single day. In the UK 11% of us only have access to fluoridated water [70% in Ireland], and in the USA its 60%. After a quick browse on Google, the information about fluoride that can be learned from the NHS is mainly about teeth and tooth decay as fluoride is put in our toothpaste due to its claimed abilities to help tooth enamel fight attack [nothing has ever alluded to supporting this claim]. What can’t be seen at
[7]Similarly they are contraindicated in patients with low caries risk, teeth with shallow self cleansing grooves, patients with good oral hygiene maintenance,
For those that have bad habits with cigarettes, Tobacco Cessation Counseling is available. Cigarettes cause tooth loss, rotting, and surface stains; hygienist make sure to pass this information to the patient and help them to understand that quitting is the best option if they want to keep their teeth. As said before, a hygienist informs the patient on what foods to avoid. Nutritional Counseling is provided if a hygienist believes there is danger with a patients teeth such as diseases. (Dental Hygiene Clinic) Any foods with high acidity is something a dental hygienist would recommend avoiding. For example, apples, hard candies, popcorn, diet sodas, and salad dressing. Enamel is the hardest structure in the human body. It’s even harder than bones. When the enamel is exposed to acid, it wears down and erodes. This is how tooth erosion and decay happens. They will educate the patient with what foods to replace the bad ones with. Although, a dentist is who performs the restorations, a hygienist can still inform what will happen. Because of the fact that hygienists usually see patients before the dentist, they will give feedback to the dentist and recommend restorations in the mouth. They specialize in providing clinical and educational services (Sealy Dental Center) so they are very useful to dentists. When a patient has missing, chipped, or sharpened teeth, a restoration is done to replace the originals. Some examples
Few object to the therapeutic use of fluoride to stop tooth decay, but fluoridation, the addition of fluoride to the public water supply, can spark avid controversy. Most dentists, medical groups, and government officials argue that fluoridation is a cheap and risk-free venture that doubles cavity prevention. In contrast, a small minority of dentists and conservative political groups argue that fluoride is a hazardous, poisonous substance that should not be consumed. Some antifluoridationists even claim that fluoridation is an untrustworthy form of socialized medicine. But rather than just attacking fluoridation as socialized medicine, opponents originally claimed that it was a conspiracy to poison or brainwash Americans through the water supply. This theory arose in the 1940s when the scientific community refused to endorse or reject fluoridation, thus allowing the debate to expand into the social sphere. While fluoridation opposition may be subconsciously inspired by naturalism, the social development of fluoridation into a Communist or fascist conspiracy resulted from a conscious effort by conservatives to suppress a growing government.
Fluoride is a trace of nutrients that occurs naturally in water and foods (Wilson). Fluoride has been a problem in the US for quite some time now. And as time goes along, it gets more worse. The only way to fight this problem off is to use less fluoride in our daily lives. This is something everyone should know about because it is getting to the point where it is affecting people's health. The question is, is fluoride being overused in the US? Many people are getting little benefits by the naturally occurring fluoride, plus they are getting more fluoride from the dentist office. There is only a certain amount of fluoride you should intake per day, and these days those numbers are higher than they should be. Fluoride is shown that is it being overused in the US by health issues, chemical intake, and children concerns.
Warning labels kill me. Have you ever read a label, and it has several deadly side effects, and you're like so what’s makes you think I would even buy this? Why would you even sell this? That’s how I feel about toothpaste. If you read the box toothpaste comes in it's, a warning stating not to swallow and if swallowed call poison control. How extreme for something so commonly used. This is due to the potentially dangerous chemicals. Triclosan, SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) artificial sweeteners, fluoride, propylene glycol, (DEA) diethanolamine, microbeads and the list can go on an on. Your mouth one of the most absorbent places on your body. So toothpaste doesn’t have to be swallowed for you to be affected. The chemicals pass through the lining
Brushing your teeth twice a day only cleans twenty-five percent of the mouth at a time. It is for this reason why dentist recommend a healthy fluoride solution to be included into your daily brushing routine; this mouthwash solution will help flush away any food remnants and harmful bacteria from the hard to reach crevasses in the mouth. If this step is skipped it can lead to the formation of dental caries and gum disease, which can lead to worse things if they are not taken care of. To help stress the importance of dental hygiene, Listerine, which is a mouth wash company, released an advertisement for their cool mint flavored antiseptic mouthwash in the hopes of getting non-mouthwash users to jump on the Listerine mouthwash band wagon to proper
Seventy percent of the US population now receives fluoridated drinking water, an industrial grade level chemical most commonly associated with the prevention of tooth decay, and in Virginia especially, 95.7% of all public water is fluoridated (CDC). I present this numbers to your concern because for something that is almost in all public drinking water, it is not informed to the average Virginia citizen, but that is not the primary issue I am addressing you for. My main matter of concern is that more recent studies performed by scientist in the US and abroad are now finally advocating decade old cautions back then just acknowledged as unsubstantial research or even myths on how rather potentially hazardous the fluoridation of water is for
If bacteria is not monitored at all, many different disease such as gingivitis and periodontitis can occur (2). The Lab Manual also stated that bacteria can enter through the oral cavity, get into the bloodstream, and can cause endocarditis in the heart tissue. Given all these possible horrible scenarios, every effort made towards lowering the amount of bacteria in our oral cavity has potential to save lives. Our research will consist of trying to answer an important question, “What substances could help prevent bacteria (pathogen) buildup in the oral cavity”. The first thinking that we had behind this came from those gum commercials you see on T.V. that say “kills bad breath and bacteria”. Well we were curious as to what chemical compound found inside gum has the capability to kill bacteria. It turns out that one of the key factors for the bacteria killing effect found in chewing gum, is known as Xylitol. Xylitol is a naturally occurring alcohol and is used as a “sugar free” substitute in many chewing gum brands
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Getting rid of sticky, sugary foods and sweetened beverages helps to maintain a healthy environment in your mouth and reduce the risk of developing cavities and gingivitis. Try satisfying your sweet tooth cravings with natural forms of sugar like those gotten from fruit, and mix it with plain yogurt instead. The calcium in yogurt makes a major contribution to your smile by strengthening your teeth