# Flouride - dental savior or poison?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flouride-dental-savior-or-poison/675744
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 7, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flouride-dental-savior-or-poison/675744 "2013-12-07T12:04:02Z")
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### Author: ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flouride-dental-savior-or-poison/675744/100 "2013-12-10T22:43:29Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> We have immensely large long-term trials in real life: they’re called “cities with fluoridation.” Studies have been conducted: lots of them. The safety and effectiveness of the process have been well established.

Yes but we need more studies. More. More, more, more. More, more, more, more more. We need to keep doing studies until paranoids can find one that suggests they are right. Then we will have done enough studies.

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