Caring/Compassion/Sensitivity/Tact vs Lying/Faking

[Tenet Nosce]

Oddly enough, this is exactly what's happening today with dentists recommending fluoride toothpaste :¬)

But to speak out on this subject makes you a "cook" or a "quack" or "tinfoil hat club member". This is despite:

Low-levels of fluoride in plaque and saliva and their effects on the demineralisation and remineralisation of enamel; role of fluoride toothpastes.

Fluoride incorporated into enamel systemically does not reduce enamel solubility sufficiently to exert an anti-caries effect. Fluoride has the potential to exert an anti-caries benefit largely through three mechanisms; inhibition of demineralisation, promotion of remineralisation and interference with bacterial growth and metabolism. However, the low levels of fluoride thought to influence caries are insufficient to have a significant effect via the latter mechanism.

What's that the scientists say? Fluoride in toothpaste acts by disrupting the biofilm created by harmful bacteria? Hmm... then I wonder what the fluoride in the water is doing to the biofilm created by beneficial gut bacteria. I don't mean to sound derisive but of all places to proclaim "doublespeak" the scientific pulpits seem the most hypocritical to me.

... and still few ask... why fluoride? Why not iodide, for example? It has chemical properties similar to fluoride, and actually supports endocrine function, rather than inhibits it.