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[Stellajane]

I know its a controversial subject and I have mixed feelings. However, we happen to live in an area with fluoridated water and I was quite shocked this morning when my son mentioned he's only ever had one filling - which at the age of 36 would have been as rare as hens teeth for my generation! Heavens I'd had nearly all my molars filled by the time I went to secondary school. I did ask him to spare a thought for my brother in law though - he's a third generation manufacturer of dentures (fortunately his son decided not to join the family business)!

[Joyce]

We didn't have fluoridated water but we were given fluoride drops to use with our two. Turns out they got too much as the dentists hadn't taken into count how much fluoride children were consuming through toothpaste. Our two have great teeth, but have mild flourosis.

[Dancinggirl]

I am a dentist's daughter and I so wish there had been at least fluoride toothpaste when we were young - my teeth are a disaster now and costing me a fortune to maintain.  My father was very in favour of fluoridation of the water and like many things the benefits will far outweigh any risks. My children have great teeth. DG x

[dahliagirl]

My mother thought fluoride in toothpaste was a gimmick, so we did not reap the benefit until the co-op started including it in their own brand toothpaste.  It is a shame - my children do not have any fillings.  Most of my problems are caused by my fillings 

[dahliagirl]

I had a root filling done when I was about 30 because I had a very sore tooth.  I did not know it was a root filling.

Twenty years later the tooth broke on a piece of hard bacon in a restaurant, because the root filling kills it off and it gets brittle.  I had to have the root fill redone and a crown fitted.  This causes me problems because food gets stuck round it.

I have not been back to the dentist since.  I am not happy with the treatment and not happy with the dentist but it is hard to find another these days.

[CLKD]

How much water would one need to swallow to benefit though  ……….. I think it's more a case of the amount of tea/coffee/water we drink daily than anything to do with cleaning our teeth; after all, don't you spit!

I HATE toothpaste  .  I hate the texture, the taste, I hate the brush in my mouth.  I have had root canal work over the years which did really well, I had 2 'crowns' over the years which have now been removed and replaced with inserts (wrong word  ).  These require extra cleaning care and regular Tippees (sp) use in-between.

[Dancinggirl]

For all those worried about having a root canal filling done: The reason a dentist will do a root canal filling is to save the tooth or at least they root. Often a tooth will die and then an infection can set in.  If the root becomes infected then the nerve needs to be removed and then filled to prevent further infection and then if the remaining tooth breaks a crown can be fitted. The alternative is to have the tooth removed and either leave a gap ( which will compromise the surrounding teeth ) or have a bridge fitted which is never ideal as you need to crown an adjoining tooth.
Doing root canal work is quite specialised and my local NHS dentist won't do it.  I had a back molar that they simply wanted to remove because the nerve was dying which I wasn't happy about, so I went to have my dying molar root filled and crowned privately (very expensive!!!). By getting the root canal filled one can at least fit a crown as the alternatives can be even more expensive and less successful - implants can be £200 plus!!!. Finding a good dentist you can trust is essential.  I have found the most lovely dentist - he is about an hours drive away but worth every penny.  I am quite vain about my teeth   - a good smile is so important.  xxxx

[CLKD]

It's because it's considered 'cosmetic' Dancinggirl!

Would love to know if you meant £200 or £2,000  - my implants (that's the word I was rootling for earlier) are worth every penny 

[dahliagirl]

I really don't know why the original root canal was done - it was not infected as far as I knew.  It was just very sensitive, and I had to let my tea get cold before I could drink it.  It obviously died after, because it went a nasty shade of grey.

[Dancinggirl]

Yes CKLD - I did mean £2000 - typo!!!!

dahliagirl - often one gets sensitivity when a tooth is dying and if your dentist did an XRAY then it may have shown that there was infection present.  Infection can start without us even knowing - the last root canal infection I had started with occasional throbbing and sensitivity but when the infection got going it took 6 days of strong antibiotics to clear up and it was a pain I never want to experience again.  So if a dentist detects a dead or dying root then it's well worth getting it filled.
As for teeth going grey, well, they tend to discolour over time but it may not have been because of the root canal treatment - I had  root canal treatment done on one of my incisors in my 20s and the tooth retained it's colour very well.  Dg x

[CLKD]

Depends on how much sugar they eat ………… 

[Joyce]

True, but on the whole our kids have much better teeth.

[countrybumpkin]

Flouride in toothpaste etc is great but personally I am totally against flouridating the whole population in the water supply. NO one seems to make public the risks to health that have been proved, for example its very bad for your thyroid and it is strongly linked to bone cancer in young people. 
What about the people who have false teeth they don't need flouride and it being in the water supply it stopping people having a choice.
Just my opinion of course

[Joyce]

It tastes horrid too countrybumokin.