WTF is wrong with HuffPo?

You can't have that many quacks on one site by accident. I think that idiots seek them out to publish because the quality of the editorials is so completely shitty.

Take for instance today's...mega....epic...fail...of the century. Holy shit, it is...awful and bad and rotten and retarded. It's a cosmetic dentist who is scared of fluoridation. Seriously, you fuckwit? Really? And you are allowed to touch people professionally? Jeezis.

I liked Animala's quip when she saw it:

"It's interesting that he's a cosmetic dentist. Isn't that like taking a cosmetic surgeon's advice for treating breast cancer?"

Why, yes it is, Animala. Yes, it is.

Let's talk about water fluoridation this week. And, being that I'm a dentist, you'll probably be a little surprised by my stance on it. At least in terms of it being included in water.

To be fair, he never claimed that he was a good dentist.

As you likely know, fluoride is a chemical that is commonly found in most toothpaste brands. People use fluoridated toothpaste as a means to strengthen teeth (i.e. prevent cavities) and normally don't think much further about it. Which is fine -- that's pretty much how it's marketed.

And it does, even in minuscule doses.

Since the late 1990s, the United States Food and Drug Administration has made it mandatory for toothpastes to carry a warning in regards to fluoride usage. But why would the FDA post a warning on a toothpaste ingredient?

So mouth breathers like yourself don't go scarfing the gallons that you would need in order to hurt yourselves?

Doing research on what fluoride is reveals that the chemical is now considered a potential toxic drug, and ingesting enough of the ingredient could be harmful.

ANYTHING is potentially harmful in the right doses! And yes, if you take "enough" of something to harm you, it could harm you.

Now, I don't want to scare you

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

-- brushing your teeth with fluoride toothpaste isn't harmful. Nor is a dentist using a gel-type fluoride treatment when you get your checkup. Uses like that are topical usages -- you don't ingest it. And even if you do ingest some toothpaste (etc), the levels of fluoride aren't going to pose any threat. And it does prevent cavities.

But in terms of it being added to water, I'm not so sure that's a good thing. Adding fluoride has been a standard in many countries for years. However, several countries (mainly Europe) have taken an active stance on banning fluoride from their drinking water. And I'm with them -- I do not see the good in fluoridating our drinking water. I definitely see the reasoning why countries would add it -- it helps prevent cavities. But as a dentist, I think cavity prevention can be done just as effectively without putting fluoride in our water.

Would that entail going to more cosmetic dentists? I merely ask.

To me, the "bad" it can (potentially) do outweighs the good.

So what is the bad?

Fluoridation positively correlates with Huffington Post fuckwittery.

Sigh. Long day.

HJ