Adam Wyman

So fluoride, I think it does have some antibacterial properties, but the amount of fluoride in the water, now maybe there's a higher concentration before it goes out to the public where they could clean it. I mean, that could be like very, very high concentration, but it's reduced if it goes out to the public supply for water. Right. But getting back to the mechanics of fluoride.

So your teeth are made of a crystalline mineral called hydroxyapatite. And it's a crystalline structure of calcium. It's why you need calcium for your bones. Phosphorus and hydroxy, which is an OH molecule, hydrogen and oxygen. And hydroxyapatite will dissolve when exposed to acid over time. And it'll break down from erosion, just eating and stuff, and it just decays.

So your teeth are made of a crystalline mineral called hydroxyapatite. And it's a crystalline structure of calcium. It's why you need calcium for your bones. Phosphorus and hydroxy, which is an OH molecule, hydrogen and oxygen. And hydroxyapatite will dissolve when exposed to acid over time. And it'll break down from erosion, just eating and stuff, and it just decays.

So your teeth are made of a crystalline mineral called hydroxyapatite. And it's a crystalline structure of calcium. It's why you need calcium for your bones. Phosphorus and hydroxy, which is an OH molecule, hydrogen and oxygen. And hydroxyapatite will dissolve when exposed to acid over time. And it'll break down from erosion, just eating and stuff, and it just decays.

So that's why you need to intake calcium and phosphorus in your diet to replenish the hydroxyapatite. Well, it turns out fluoride can also bond in this crystalline structure, and it forms a new crystal called fluoroapatite. And fluoroapatite, based on the atomic properties of fluorine, makes a stronger crystalline structure.

So that's why you need to intake calcium and phosphorus in your diet to replenish the hydroxyapatite. Well, it turns out fluoride can also bond in this crystalline structure, and it forms a new crystal called fluoroapatite. And fluoroapatite, based on the atomic properties of fluorine, makes a stronger crystalline structure.

So that's why you need to intake calcium and phosphorus in your diet to replenish the hydroxyapatite. Well, it turns out fluoride can also bond in this crystalline structure, and it forms a new crystal called fluoroapatite. And fluoroapatite, based on the atomic properties of fluorine, makes a stronger crystalline structure.

So it doesn't break down as fast when exposed to acid, and it's more resilient overall.

So it doesn't break down as fast when exposed to acid, and it's more resilient overall.

So it doesn't break down as fast when exposed to acid, and it's more resilient overall.

whether you're taking in calcium or phosphorus or fluoride um you're replenishing you're replenishing that uh floral appetite crystalline structure so you don't have to have fluoride but it's just better it's like you don't have to have snow tires in the winter time but it's a lot better so um you know that's why it's in the water now i do think people should have to say like hey i don't want fluoride better for your teeth for your teeth correct teeth

whether you're taking in calcium or phosphorus or fluoride um you're replenishing you're replenishing that uh floral appetite crystalline structure so you don't have to have fluoride but it's just better it's like you don't have to have snow tires in the winter time but it's a lot better so um you know that's why it's in the water now i do think people should have to say like hey i don't want fluoride better for your teeth for your teeth correct teeth

whether you're taking in calcium or phosphorus or fluoride um you're replenishing you're replenishing that uh floral appetite crystalline structure so you don't have to have fluoride but it's just better it's like you don't have to have snow tires in the winter time but it's a lot better so um you know that's why it's in the water now i do think people should have to say like hey i don't want fluoride better for your teeth for your teeth correct teeth

From discovery to application was a long time. It wasn't like, hey, we found fluoride, put it in the water, boom. It was around 30 years before people were like, let's do this. Really? Yes. The first time water was fluoridated in the U.S. was 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wow. And before that, so McKay made this discovery.

From discovery to application was a long time. It wasn't like, hey, we found fluoride, put it in the water, boom. It was around 30 years before people were like, let's do this. Really? Yes. The first time water was fluoridated in the U.S. was 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wow. And before that, so McKay made this discovery.

From discovery to application was a long time. It wasn't like, hey, we found fluoride, put it in the water, boom. It was around 30 years before people were like, let's do this. Really? Yes. The first time water was fluoridated in the U.S. was 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wow. And before that, so McKay made this discovery.

And of course you have the peer review process and people are like very skeptical, you know? Yeah, sure, sure. So there was a department of, I don't think it's in existence, Department of Public Health of Dentistry or something, but they commissioned a 21-city study where they went to 21 different cities and checked fluoride concentrations as opposed to low fluoride concentrations.

And of course you have the peer review process and people are like very skeptical, you know? Yeah, sure, sure. So there was a department of, I don't think it's in existence, Department of Public Health of Dentistry or something, but they commissioned a 21-city study where they went to 21 different cities and checked fluoride concentrations as opposed to low fluoride concentrations.

And of course you have the peer review process and people are like very skeptical, you know? Yeah, sure, sure. So there was a department of, I don't think it's in existence, Department of Public Health of Dentistry or something, but they commissioned a 21-city study where they went to 21 different cities and checked fluoride concentrations as opposed to low fluoride concentrations.

And they found this is consistent, where people have fluoride in the water have lower concentrations. and people who have no fluoride. And so it was over 30, 40 years, like if we're gonna put this in the water, this has to work. And so that's what they did. There was a very long study. So lots of people were skeptical, like, no, this is madness. Put fluoride in water? What are you nuts?