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Fluoride supplements for bottled water?

August 1998

Our family drinks bottled water, and we are thinking of giving our son fluoride supplements. Before we go ahead and do it, I was wondering if there is any heated debate about this subject, or if it's a fairly straightforward thing to do. Heather

I just asked my pediatrician about this, and he recommended getting bottled water that has fluoride in it already. Fluoride seems to be most effective if the teeth get exposed to it directly all the time (e.g., with every drink and some foods that your son takes). Also, you avoid any struggle about your son having to take some kind of pill daily. Angela

Most bottled water companies have water with and without floride. We use Alhambra-- you just need to specify. chaudhry

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