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You make a lot of outlandish claims like ingesting flouride helps with cavities. This is nowhere in any literature. It is not my responsibility to prove anything to you that a simple Google search could.
I guess I will provide you one link to help explain something you are in complete denial about.
https://origins.osu.edu/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle
Simply put it is far cheaper to dispose waste fluoride in our municipal water supplies than to actually treat it. Instead of paying large amounts to make it inert they sell it for profit.
You didn't know this because you never have actually studied this. I have. Your continued ignorance in this subject is pretty ridiculous. You do seem somewhat civil so I suppose I like wasting my time. Or perhaps I feel it is some sort of perverse test of what I have gone through learning this myself in a high level University class.
Really there is no point because you will just attack the messenger and continue to doubt. I was just here to share my story because I was invited to. You are rude and inconsiderate of this with your misfounded accusations.
Really, as I have pointed out this is all caused by a bacteria. Science has already moved far beyond the discussion we are having and I believe in the future fluoride may not be necessary at all. Until then, I will continue to brush my teeth with fluoride based toothpaste to prevent cavities.
If flouride helps with cavities (it does) and is metabolized when ingested and distributed to your teeth (it is), then I'm going to give you credit enough to assume you can put 1 and 1 together and realize how silly you sound
Fluoride is effective topically, a side effect of too much fluoride is what you describe. Like eating too many carrots turns your skin orange. Your skin turning orange is not proof that it is working rather a side effect of too much beta carotene.
Fluoride works by disrupting the the bacteria and strengthening the enamel of your teeth. I mean the only silliness here is you at this point. There is a reason you are not supposed to swallow fluoride toothpaste and that there is a poison control number on the box.
In fact, I would say at this point, since you are so uniformed, you are just being rude.