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M Diesendorf

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PubMed1997

New evidence on fluoridation.

A review of recent scientific literature reveals a consistent pattern of evidence--hip fractures, skeletal fluorosis, the effect of fluoride on bone structure, fluoride levels in bones and osteosarcomas--pointing to the existence of causal mechanisms by which fluoride damages bones. In addition, there is evidence, accepted by some eminent dental researchers and at least one leading United States proponent of fluoridation, that there is negligible benefit from ingesting fluoride, and that any (small) benefit from fluoridation comes from the action of fluoride at the surface of the teeth before fluoridated water is swallowed. Public health authorities in Australia and New Zealand have appeared reluctant to consider openly and frankly the implications of this and earlier scientific evidence unfavourable to the continuation of the fluoridation of drinking water supplies.

Administration, Topical↗
PubMed1990

From Medibank to Medicare: trends in Australian medical care costs and use from 1976 to 1986.

Private medical care costs and service use in Australia from 1976 to 1986 are compared. In each of these years Australia had a compulsory, universal, fee-for-service, national health insurance scheme - Medibank in 1976 and Medicare in 1986. Over the period of 1976 to 1986, the number of private medical services per capita, in the 6 month period 1 April to 30 September, increased from 2.79 to 3.95, an increase of 3.54 per cent per year. The cost of services per capita, adjusted for increases in schedule fees for each item-group of services (the 'fee-adjusted cost'), grew at a rate of 3.91 per cent per year. The results are reported by subsets of age, sex and item-group of service. It is found that very little of the large increases in use and cost of services can be attributed to demographic changes or population growth. Rather, they represent rapid increases in age and sex-specific rates of use, primarily among the very young, the very old and, for some types of service, women of child-bearing age. The most dramatic increases in service use are found in pathology, radiotherapy and miscellaneous procedures.

Adolescent↗
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The mystery of declining tooth decay.

Large temporal reductions in tooth decay, which cannot be attributed to fluoridation, have been observed in both unfluoridated and fluoridated areas of at least eight developed countries over the past thirty years. It is now time for a scientific re-examination of the alleged enormous benefits of fluoridation.

Adolescent↗