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Dear A:

Studies with kids eating paste were probably the best. It was in the 1980s – I would have to look them up – but generally they showed that fluoride was excreted quickly in urine.

I use fluoride paste – and I happily recommend it to everyone – my family, friends and patients.

I filter fluoride OUT of my water and recommend everyone does the same with their water – I do not recommend drinking fluoride or giving it to kids as supplements or using strong fluoride gels etc.

Unless your kidney’s are shot – you WILL excrete 98% of any fluoride ingested – so in the grand scheme of things ( you only need a rice grain size of toothpaste) I would say your friend needs a better digestive system – better immune system and better kidney support. Then with probiotics, enzyme and kidney support – I think he would be just fine with any exposure during the minute he brushes his teeth.

People often worry about stuff and this turns their stomach – its the worry – not the product. The other thing to think about is that if your fillings corrode or break – you will start ingesting silver fillings or plastic pieces. THESE would be a lot more toxic to your body than the tiny amount of any possible fluoride absorbed from a pea size glob of toothpaste. Just think about the mercury that people are releasing as they whiten or clean their teeth with peroxide! Wow – now that is a REAL problem.

Also I only recommend Crest Cavity Protection paste – none of the others.

Lastly ( as I mentioned above) you only need a rice grain amount of paste on your brush – many people use far too much.

Hope this helps,

Ellie