First let me be clear: I’m not a crazy conspiracy person (…on this) I just don’t rely on a municipal well. As far as I know adding fluoride to the private well at my houses is not a thing, good or bad. I did drink municipal water for two years when I lived on campus in college.

That said, is fluoride a benefit to adults or just children?

When I was a kid I got fluoride treatments at the dentist, but then aged out. I’ve never had a cavity in forty years, but I’d like to keep it that way. Should I still be doing it?

Also no, I’m not using the internet as a substitute for a dentist, just my next dental appointment is in four months. TIA

  • dan1101@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Too late now but I don’t think you’re supposed to drink distilled water. It lacks the minerals your teeth and body need.

    • Devi@kbin.social
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      7 months ago

      It’s worse than that, RODI water as it is just pure H2O it’s desperate to bond to anything it can so it grabs minerals from your body as it passes through.

      • Bizarroland@kbin.social
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        7 months ago

        It sounds like it would be good to drink a glass or so every week just to help prevent kidney stones right? Or am I Way off the Mark here. I feel like I’m way off the Mark here, but somebody please confirm if I am not off the mark okay?

        • Devi@kbin.social
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          7 months ago

          No, it pulls everything out of your system and causes deficiencies. It shouldn’t be drunk at all.

          • Bizarroland@kbin.social
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            7 months ago

            There’s a limit to what it can pull though, right? If you have excess minerals in your body, it seems it would help eliminate them, kind of like chelation, right?

      • The_v@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        You don’t drink it straight, you make coffee with it. That extra grabby power passing through coffee grounds makes a noticeable difference.

        • Pronell@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Are you telling me there’s a way for me to become more of a coffee snob?!

          Edit: Google says it’s not this way and makes for weak coffee.

          • The_v@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            Unpublished Data from when I worked summers in a lab for grad students disagrees with Google.

            We tested distilled, RO, DI versus tap water. We were going to see about the double-distilled water but the supervising professor caught us. Apparently “That shit was too expensive for your shenanigans!”