# Flouride - dental savior or poison?

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**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:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flouride-dental-savior-or-poison/675744/40 "2013-12-08T01:59:26Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> They were just following the orders of their Big Pharma overlords.
> 
> Joking.

I hope you are joking, although I must admit it was not very funny.  
Here’s another doctor joke to amuse you. Hey, doctor, I have a strawberry growing in my ear’ doctor" I’ll give you some cream for it"

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