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Keep Away from Fluoride: A Toxin for HumanHealth
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Keep Away from Fluoride: A Toxin for HumanHealth
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
ABSTRACT:Fluoride is considered as safe when taken in permissible amount; in case of excessive consumption, it causes multiple ill effectson human body such as elevation of thyroid hormone. This literature review was carried out to evaluate the impact of fluorideon human health and then enlighten healthcare personnel including dentists and physicians whether consumption of fluorideis beneficial or harmful. Ample literature is available which revealed that there is only one advantage; to prevent tooth carrieswhen fluoride is topically applied in permissible value, and there are more harmful effects of excessive fluoride ingestion onhuman health. An individual can have 1.5mg/L of fluoride by inhalation or ingestion from all resources, namely food, air, andenvironment to prevent dental decay. One can additionally use topical fluoride over the teeth so that there would not be theneed of community water fluoridation which can lead to letha...
