First let me be clear: I’m not a crazy conspiracy person (…on this) I just don’t rely on a municipal well. As far as I know adding fluoride to the private well at my houses is not a thing, good or bad. I did drink municipal water for two years when I lived on campus in college.

That said, is fluoride a benefit to adults or just children?

When I was a kid I got fluoride treatments at the dentist, but then aged out. I’ve never had a cavity in forty years, but I’d like to keep it that way. Should I still be doing it?

Also no, I’m not using the internet as a substitute for a dentist, just my next dental appointment is in four months. TIA

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    Here in Germany, fluoride is mandated by law recommended to be added to table salt, so I assume it is good to have in general.

    However, regular toothpaste as well as many mouthwashes contain fluoride. In particular, they can contain a much higher dosis, because you spit it back out, so if you’re worried about your teeth, these are definitely the way to go.

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      Here in Germany, fluoride is mandated by law to be added to table salt, so I assume it is good to have in general.

      Isn’t that iodine?

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        Both exists, and salt can have both. Fluor in the salt is quite specific to Germany and a few other countries though.

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        Hmm, yeah, seems like only iodine is actually mandated by law. My table salt does have fluoride, but apparently that’s an optional add-on.

        I believe, I rarely see salt without fluoride in the shops, but that could be a regional thing (other regions might have more fluoride naturally in their tap water).

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      Very interesting! I’ve never heard of adding fluoride to table salt, but I can’t see why not!

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        You can also find table salt with folic acid (vitamin B9) here, and apparently sometimes also with selenium.

        And yeah, quite interesting to me, too, to read up on this. I always thought, table salt is NaCl + the legally mandated additives. I guess, they do throw in these additives to give themselves a unique selling point.
        And that works for me. Will look out for table salt with iodine, fluoride and folic acid on my next shop visit.