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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Yes, ..and it also shows that non-fluoridated nations have experienced the same drop in cavity rates.
This means that fluoridated tooth-paste is doing a good job, and that water fluoridation has a negligible effect.
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I won't bother asking how you reached that conclusion as you are clearly mis-interpreting the graph, but I will offer these other comments:
First, a graph on its own, without an attached write up or any stats is not very compelling evidence, especially given the fact it comes from an anti-fluoride website. In university science students are taught in their first semester which sources are considered acceptable to cite. This is a skill you do not have and would do well to look into. An average first year university student could better support anti-fluoridation than you are now.
Second, you do not know better than dentists across the country. There is an overwhelming majority of dentists that agree on the benefits of fluoride, especially in young children. You are basically saying fluoride has important negative impacts on your health away from the mouth, and fluoride has no benefits in the mouth. If you want to argue the former, fine, but the latter is not really debatable.