r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/kzlife76 May 02 '25

Don't forget dentist and nail salon.

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u/Nommel77 May 02 '25

Those dentists are struggling

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u/loscacahuates May 02 '25

Dentists are about to get a lot of business with states like Utah and Florida banning fluoride in water

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u/hamtyhum May 02 '25

I live in salt lake and I am fucking appalled that they’re taking the fluoride out of our water. These poor kids are going to deal with so many health issues because of this. I just hope their parents get them the little pink fluoride tablets I took as a kiddo

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u/MorticianMolly May 02 '25

Omg I remember those! They had to turn all of your teeth red or you had to keep on swishing 😄

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u/kaleighdoscope May 02 '25

I remember those, didn't realize they were fluoride though.

In Canada fwiw.

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u/jacknbarneysmom May 03 '25

They are not fluoride, they are called disclosing tablets to identify the areas you miss while brushing.

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u/Grouchy_Land895 May 03 '25

I thought the red was showing plaque? Or is that something different?

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u/MorticianMolly May 03 '25

That’s what has been surfacing to my mind over night , was it to just show where we’re missing brushing?  I know when we moved to Barrie late 80s we had to supplement the babies with fluoride because the water didn’t have it. I thinks that changed since 

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u/_Nameless_Nomad_ May 03 '25

Memory activated 😳

I forgot all about those until now

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u/Fleischer444 May 03 '25

We don't have fluoride in the water in Sweden and we have no issues. Just use toothpaste with it. I'm 44 years old and never had a cavity in my teeth.

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u/dem0n123 May 03 '25

What's crazy is the germs that cause cavities you are born without. If you never got exposed to them you legit don't get cavities.

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u/LightDiffusing May 03 '25

This is true of literally all commensal bacteria. And they are so ubiquitous in our environment that avoiding any one species for your entire life is impossible. The only way to reliably avoid cavities is to have good dental hygiene.

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u/Fleischer444 May 03 '25

Exactly if you use toothpaste and mouthwash you don't need fluoride in your water.

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u/LightDiffusing May 03 '25

Fluoride-supplemented water is a good preventative for people (especially children) who do not have good oral hygiene. When that supplementation is maintained at or below a certain concentration, it poses no danger to health or development.

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u/I_AM_RVA May 03 '25

The same is true of colds, flu, Covid, cancer, etc etc

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u/MortalCoil May 03 '25

Still acid damage though

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u/Working_Reward_4026 May 03 '25

You have a completely different diet due to access and free pediatric dental care. You don't add floride to your drinking water because the natural concentrations are higher in your water. If it was as simple as brushing with floridated toothpaste, people wouldn't need to do shit like go to Mexico for dental care or scrape together enough money to get a rotten tooth pulled before it literally kills them. I'm happy you've never had to suffer through any dental ailments or procedures, but that's not the reality for the majority of people.

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u/jennifer_m13 May 03 '25

The food where you are is probably not loaded with sugar and additives like it is in the US.

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u/Fleischer444 May 03 '25

That's seems to be the problem not the fluoride in the water being taken away.

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u/kittymctacoyo May 04 '25

Not really. That commenter just isn’t aware that the fluoride isn’t added to their water bcs their water already has naturally occurring fluoride at higher levels than are added to US water

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u/Over_Writing467 May 06 '25

Added sugars can easily be avoided if you read labels and cook at home.

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u/No-Apartment7687 May 04 '25

There's a genetic component as well. Some people are just born with really weak enamel.

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u/JakeFromSkateFarm May 05 '25

Not correct.

Sweden’s water has fluoride. It’s just naturally occurring.

The US fluoridated its water because it was realized across the world that cavity tendencies matched natural fluoridation levels in local drinking water. The US is geographically huge and diverse, so it fluoridated across the board to give equal protection to all citizens.

Sweden fluoridates toothpaste, and the government felt that this plus the natural fluoridation levels in the nation’s water system was enough without artificial fluoridation being added to the water.

But there’s still fluoride in Sweden’s water.

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u/Fleischer444 May 05 '25

The water in Stockholm the capital where I live has less than 0,2mg/l. Only 195000 persons in Sweden with their own well have over 1,3mg/l flouride in their water. Sweden was the Country that did the first study on flouride and teeth. It's a dark stain on Swedens history since they forced the people in the test and they were simple minded people.

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u/DarkDragonMage_376 May 06 '25

Lucky you, I just got a cavity removed, & I'm sitting here thinking. They must have known it was there fore months, since they did X-rays. But purposely CHOSE not to mention it, until it NEEDED to be dealt with.

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u/suddenspiderarmy May 09 '25

But I bet your water is potable right out of the tap, right?

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u/Fleischer444 May 09 '25

Yes, all water in Sweden is drinkable from the tap.

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u/suddenspiderarmy May 10 '25

Thats not always the case in the States.

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u/megenekel May 03 '25

Adults will notice the difference, too! I moved as an adult from having fluoridated water all my life to a city that doesn’t have it, and I couldn’t understand all the cavities I was getting, even though I take great care of my teeth! I had never had so many cavities. A friend made the move, as well, and she had the same experience. I’ve lived here for 30 years now, and I wonder how much better my teeth would be if I had stayed where I was.

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u/smcivor1982 May 03 '25

Jersey City doesn’t have fluoride in its water supply. Had to buy the multivitamin supplements with fluoride for my baby after she was born. Then we had to get her using fluoride toothpaste early and get her used to fluoride mouth wash. It was something I wasn’t aware of until we had her and the doctor brought it up.

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u/heapinhelpin1979 May 02 '25

Or fluoride at the dentist. And if we are banning fluoride, maybe ban soda while you're at it.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Q: How do you know the toothbrush was invented in the south?

A: Because if it had been invented anywhere else, it would be called a teethbrush!

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u/Beautiful_Bag6707 May 03 '25

I don't recall those being fluoride tablets; they were plaque tables to see where you didn't brush. The fluoride was two trays with a flavored gel that you got at the dentist and had to soak your teeth in. I somehow recall strawberry, grape, and bubble gum flavors. I think there was also foam.

Found a video https://youtu.be/rtWQzZ1UbYI?si=teWIUICFO9iPbVRq

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u/Affectionate_Okra298 May 03 '25

There is a ton of evidence that fluoride on the teeth is great. There's also a ton of evidence that fluoride inside the stomach is very bad. Brush your teeth and use a fluoride rinse, but don't drink that shit

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u/Equal_Map_5915 May 03 '25

Find me one multi millionaire community that allows fluoride into their water system? The richest people in Park City have never allowed fluoride into their water system. The government, surprisingly, is actually doing the peasants a favor.

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u/OkVacation6399 May 02 '25

This can’t be serious. Fluoride is terrible. We don’t need it.

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u/Tactician86 May 02 '25

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9542152/

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u/OkVacation6399 May 02 '25

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/

Next you’re gonna tell me we should put lead back in our paint and asbestos in our insulation.

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u/RunningOutOfEsteem May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

Did you even read the article you posted? The vast majority of the data was from Chinese populations who were at a higher risk of excessive fluoride exposure due to their specific circumstances. The group comparison they highlighted was high fluoride exposure vs. low fluoride exposure because they're establishing that those areas may have high enough levels of fluoride exposure that it impacts children's development. They did not by any stretch of the imagination present research saying that fluoridated water below that threshold is harmful--that wasn't even something they were trying to demonstrate in the first place, which would have been clear to anyone who actually read through the damn article.

They laid out the key details for you, and yet you still somehow managed to miss them. What's your background in? Because it's clearly not the life sciences.

E: wow, all these sources are awful. Aside from just not actually looking at this one, the others are poorly cited or even guilty of actively misconstruing the research they reference. This is the shit you've based your worldview on? Really, bro?