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Originally Posted by MMM
I do know this is true, but after coming home after a year (in the mid-90s) with over a dozen cavities, I have a slight reflexive reaction. The fact there is still toothpaste without fluoride makes me want to play it better safe then sorry...but point well taken, and I am glad to see the progress in that direction.
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Trust me - I know far too well and used to warn people about this myself. Tap water in Japan is not fluoridated, so cavities pop up like CRAZY if you don`t use fluoride toothpaste.
This is actually something that kind of put me off the fluoridation of water in general as it seems your teeth sort of lose the ability to preserve themselves after a while and develop a dependence upon fluoride. (Kind of like how using lip gloss all the time reduces your lips ability to keep themselves from chapping.)
Of course, if you`ve had fluoride in all your water from childhood - there isn`t much you can do other than just make sure you keep getting that fluoride.