• Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Before even wondering about the health effects, we should ask ourselves whether it actually achieves the desired goal. I doubt that.

    If it doesn’t, we don’t even need to wonder about safety; we’ll just stop burning money.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      13 hours ago

      I asked myself and I had no idea.

      I then looked to experts who make a career of studying theses things and are held to standards and peer review. There is a Cochrane review on this topic just updated last month. The answer is that yes it does help reduce childhood caries at least a little bit.