Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by alexcd
The poem, “Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle Received from a Friend Called Felicity” reminded me of when I would got to the beach many years ago. Now though, because I go to a comp at the same time that I go to the beach, I am not able to go. That was my favorite thing to do was to go to the beach. At the beach I would swim in the ocean and build sandcastles, play volleyball with my cousins, but for the past couple of years i have not been able to go. I am looking forward to possibly going to the beach this year, but it is still undecided. I hope than some day I can return to the beach.
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by alexcd
Some people disapprove of adding fluoride to drinking water because if you are consuming too much fluoride your teeth can become stained. For example, when McKay arrived in Colorado Springs he saw that the people there had brown stains on their teeth. He came to the findings that the town had a high level of natural Fluoride. Some people say that yes, fluoride in the water has shown that cavities have decreased, but also in areas without fluoride cavities have gone down to. Some people have many pro’s and con’s of combining fluoride with water,
I think adding fluoride to the water is a good idea. I think that adding it to the water would help oral health in the USA. I don’t think that we should put too much fluoride into the water because it would stain our teeth. But if adding fluoride to the water helps prevent cavities, then bring it on!
Advances in technology and research have made fluoride widely usable. They started with stannous fluoride, sodium fluoride, and sodium monofluorophosphate (MFP). Then they figured out they could use fluoride-abrasive together, that worked. They put together stannous fluoride with calcium pyrophosphate. After that advancement came gel toothpaste. which is mostly used today.
Some side effects of having Fluoride in the water is that if there is to much, it will stain your teeth. On the other hand it will strengthen you teeth against decay. Some people said that the use of fluoride has been linked to immune system changes and for babies possible brain damage.
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