Fluoride is neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth AND fluoride is in virtually all foods and beverages. No child has ever been fluoride deficient. And fluoride deficiency is not linked with more tooth decay. So there need not be any fear that children aren't getting "enough" fluoride.

Actually, in the U.S, children are fluoride overdosed and up to 41% sport dental fluorosis - white spotted, yellow, brown and/or pitted teeth.

As a result the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control says that concentrated infant formula should not be mixed with fluoridated water because many studies over many years have shown that children who drink fluoride via their infant formula have more dental fluorosis without benefit of less tooth decay because fluoride's beneficial effects are topical - when the fluoride hits the outside of the tooth. Fluoride's adverse effects occur upon ingestion.

The Food and Drug Administration ruled that fluoridated bottled water should not be marketed towards infants.

The American Dental Association reports that children up to the age of six risk dental fluorosis when they are given fluoride supplements.

Further, the Food and Drug Administration never tested fluoride supplements for safety or efficicay because sodium fluoride was on the market before 1938 when laws were enacted to require drug testing. However, sodium fluoride was on the market only as a rat poison and never was used for cavity prevention until after water fluoridation began in the 1940's.

for more info
Fluoridation 101
www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

Fluoridation News Releases
tinyurl.com/6kqtu

Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areas
www.fluoridenews.blogspot.com/

Fluoride Action Network http://www.FluorideAction.Net

Fluoride Journal http://www.FluorideResearch.Org

Fluoride Dangers
www.FluorideDangers.blogspot.com