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XP: fluoride supplements

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Is anyone using fluoride supplements?

Why or why not?

I need to do more research on it. Our pedi didn't say much about it. Just that usually families with well water or reverse osmosis filters give their babies fluoride supplements.

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  • carrotsoup70carrotsoup70
    My pedi didn't say anything to me about water/fluoride at our 6mo appt. Then I read in Baby 411 that they should start getting fluoride after 6mos. DS was about 7.5 months when I read that (oops). I will just start mixing his formula with filtered fridge water when we are out of bottled water. Until then, I just give him a few oz of tap water. Since he didn't tell me to give him supplements, I am not going to do so.
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  • numberonemamanumberonemama member
    There's no way I'd purposely give my kid fluoride.  It's bad enough they put it in the public water!
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    imagenumberonemama:
    There's no way I'd purposely give my kid fluoride. nbsp;It's bad enough they put it in the public water!

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  • bensbride225bensbride225 member

    My town doesn't fluoridate its water (which my pediatrician in the neighboring town happened to know) so he wrote a prescription for poly-vi-sol vitamins with fluoride. I'm happy to have the supplementation for developing teeth.

     


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  • novmomtobenovmomtobe member
    We were prescribed fluoride tablets by our pediatric dentist since we have well water.  But we didn't start those until 2 years old.
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  • iadanzaiadanza member
    imagebensbride225:

    My town doesn't fluoridate its water (which my pediatrician in the neighboring town happened to know) so he wrote a prescription for poly-vi-sol vitamins with fluoride. I'm happy to have the supplementation for developing teeth.

     

     I live in Portland which recently voted against public fluoridation...again... we are currently using these same vitamins with fluoride drops and I try to remember to give them to him.  Although, he hates the taste and I often forget....

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  • Grk_NatashaGrk_Natasha member
    A simple Google search will show you that fluoride is a toxic chemical. Children's toothpaste is "fluoride free" = fluoride SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED. Figure it out.
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    imageGrk_Natasha:
    A simple Google search will show you that fluoride is a toxic chemical. Children's toothpaste is "fluoride free" = fluoride SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED. Figure it out.

    Then why are licensed, board certified pediatricians prescribing fluoride supplements? This is not a snotty/snarky question - I am genuinely curious. Something tells me the fluoride levels in toothpaste and the supplements must be very different. My pedi didn't prescribe a supplement for my DD, by the way.

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    imageMomtobeNJ:

    imageGrk_Natasha:
    A simple Google search will show you that fluoride is a toxic chemical. Children's toothpaste is "fluoride free" = fluoride SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED. Figure it out.

    Then why are licensed, board certified pediatricians prescribing fluoride supplements? This is not a snotty/snarky question - I am genuinely curious. Something tells me the fluoride levels in toothpaste and the supplements must be very different. My pedi didn't prescribe a supplement for my DD, by the way.

    That is a very good question, as I have never heard of a doc doing this. And if I did, it would raise a lot of questions as to how good a pedi they are. Just because they are "board certified" doesn't mean they know best. 

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    imageGrk_Natasha:
    imageMomtobeNJ:

    imageGrk_Natasha:
    A simple Google search will show you that fluoride is a toxic chemical. Children's toothpaste is "fluoride free" = fluoride SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED. Figure it out.

    Then why are licensed, board certified pediatricians prescribing fluoride supplements? This is not a snotty/snarky question - I am genuinely curious. Something tells me the fluoride levels in toothpaste and the supplements must be very different. My pedi didn't prescribe a supplement for my DD, by the way.

    That is a very good question, as I have never heard of a doc doing this. And if I did, it would raise a lot of questions as to how good a pedi they are. Just because they are "board certified" doesn't mean they know best. 

    You've never heard of a doctor prescribing fluoride supplements? 

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  • numberonemamanumberonemama member
    imageMomtobeNJ:
    imageGrk_Natasha:
    imageMomtobeNJ:

    imageGrk_Natasha:
    A simple Google search will show you that fluoride is a toxic chemical. Children's toothpaste is "fluoride free" = fluoride SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED. Figure it out.

    Then why are licensed, board certified pediatricians prescribing fluoride supplements? This is not a snotty/snarky question - I am genuinely curious. Something tells me the fluoride levels in toothpaste and the supplements must be very different. My pedi didn't prescribe a supplement for my DD, by the way.

    That is a very good question, as I have never heard of a doc doing this. And if I did, it would raise a lot of questions as to how good a pedi they are. Just because they are "board certified" doesn't mean they know best. 

    You've never heard of a doctor prescribing fluoride supplements? 

    Nope, not in the seven years I have been a mommy! And I agree that I would question them. 

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  • MomtobeNJMomtobeNJ member
    Well, there are 3 people in this thread alone who said they've had them prescribed, soooo......
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  • novmomtobenovmomtobe member
    imageGrk_Natasha:
    imageMomtobeNJ:

    imageGrk_Natasha:
    A simple Google search will show you that fluoride is a toxic chemical. Children's toothpaste is "fluoride free" = fluoride SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED. Figure it out.

    Then why are licensed, board certified pediatricians prescribing fluoride supplements? This is not a snotty/snarky question - I am genuinely curious. Something tells me the fluoride levels in toothpaste and the supplements must be very different. My pedi didn't prescribe a supplement for my DD, by the way.

    That is a very good question, as I have never heard of a doc doing this. And if I did, it would raise a lot of questions as to how good a pedi they are. Just because they are "board certified" doesn't mean they know best. 

    https://www.aapd.org/media/Policies_Guidelines/P_FluorideUse.pdf

    https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5014a1.htm

     

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