If you live in a community where your water contains flouride but you give your children bottled water to drink – they’re not getting any of the fluoride benefits.
Dentists are, for the most part, in favor of flouridating drinking water. There has been a dramatic improvement in the teeth of children who drink flouridated water. The flouride plays an important role in preventing cavities and making teeth stronger. However, to benefit from the fluoride, you have to get it.
According to a press release issued by the Academy of General Dentistry ,
“With soda and energy drinks being as popular as …read more

Fluoridated bottled water manufacturers are now allowed to claim that “Drinking fluoridated water may reduce the risk of [dental caries or tooth decay].”
It seems like something everyone already knows, but that’s how regulation goes. Before any firm can write any health claim on their packaging labels, all these go through rigorous validation processes first. And in fact, not all fluoridated water qualify. According to the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and applied Nutrition, “the food eligible to bear the claim is bottled water [snip] containing greater than 0.6 and up to 1.0 mg/L total fluoride, and meeting all general requirements …read more