llooks just like a saturn...

You might want to check your eyes before you make a smart ass (and false) comment. The running boards ARE there bro.

Correct dosage prevents poisoning. Normal dosing is 1-3 MILLIgrams/day. A fatal dose is 5-10 grams. It's important to keep in mind that ANY substance can be poisonous in a high enough dose.

Chronically while its possible to undergoe crippling skeletal changes there have only been 5 cases reported in the literature over decades of time. And this is with exposure well beyond the limits of theraputic fluoride use.

The big acute problem is fatal poisoning while the chronic exposure issue is the fluorosis I've covered above.

Be careful with how much faith you put into info you find on the web. Many times you'll find some fanatic's point of view where data is misrepresented to side with their "cause." Remember: Figures don't lie, but liars figure.

BTW I'm a dentist in case you guys didn't catch on to that yet.

Addition to #2...
I re-read my post and I want to make it clear that IMHO I don't subscibe to this product working better than conventional topical fluoride treatments. I need to see INDEPENDENT research from someone like Clinical Research Associates before I lose my skepticism.

Secondly, my fluoride explanation is for the conventional fluoride treatment that people have been getting all their lives-not Fluorinex. I don't think I made that clear.

As a side note, we have fluoridated water to get fluoride into the entire tooth structure as fluorapatite. This works until age 7 when the adult crowns are fully developed, since typically the crown is the portion of the tooth exposed to the oral environment. It's the surface fluoride that becomes key later for demineralization resistance and remineralization along with the ion's anti-microbial properties. In fact, research has shown that a fluoridated water supply can half the cavity rate for a specific population.

That being said, don't have your kids swallow toothpaste to get them extra fluoride. The 1ppm city water concentration is adequate to add cavity resistance while preserving appearance. Aesthetics will be compromised if children are exposed to significantly greater fluoride concentrations due to flurosis. This can be mild causing hyper-white spotting or more severe with brown/black staining and/or pitting of the teeth. The end result is that the kid won't have cavities, but his teeth won't look pleasing.

Normal fluoride therapy won't cause fluorosis so don't be scared of what I wrote above so long as you follow doctor's orders.

I'm skeptical. I didn't look at the site too much, but this is just a variation of a fluoride treatment. I'll look into it more and may repost but here's the skinny. When you go to the dentist and the hygeinist gives you that tray of ever-so-pleasant goo, you are getting a fluoride treatment. The goo has a fluoride ion in it that when applied to your teeth replaces an ion in the mineralized surface layer of the tooth's enamel. This fluorodated structure is less susceptible to decay. Fluoride can also remineralize small cavities, reducing the amount of fillings needed.

The fluoride ion also messes up cavity causing bacteria. This bacteria likes to live in acid and poops out acid as it eats sugar from your diet. Therefore, when you eat your mouth goes to an acidic environment, the bacteria are happy and they eat the sugars in your food. Finnally they poop their acid all over your teeth. This acid dissolves tooth structure. When destruction reaches a point, the tooth structure has no support and BAM! you have a cavity. Soda pop is especcially bad since it is acidic and has lots of sugar in it.

Normally, you body can balance out the acid, but it takes ~20 minutes to do so. If you snack constantly or sip on soda all day, you keep you mouth acidic destroying your teeth. By eating 3 meals you give you body an opportunity to contol the acid.

The key to preventing cavities from happening in the first place is contolling one's diet. Combined with good plaque control--plaque is a colony of bacteria--and regular visits to the dentist you'll be in great shape.

I hope this helps.