Reduced fluoride levels indicate health risk

JOHN TUOHY mentions that at a recent conference of the Irish Dental Association, it was stated that “the level of dental cavities has declined dramatically since the early 1960s, particularly since the introduction of fluoridation” (Irish Examiner letters, October 30.

Before fluoridation there were up to 600 dentists practising in Ireland. If fluoridation brought about the promised 65% reduction in dental decay, many of these dentists should have gone on the dole or sought other careers. But that didn’t happen.

Today, there are up to 2,000 dentists in Ireland.