Avoid Fluorinated Water in Young Children
Early this November, the American Dental Association issued a warning to parent and health care professionals to avoid using fluorinated water with their baby's powdered formula.
Fluoride can come from tap water from communities with fluorinated water and from commercial bottled water.
A mother came to my office the other day with her two month baby. She told me that she was using Purified Water with Added Fluoride to make the baby formula. I advised her to use water without the fluoride.
One study from Iowa showed that fluorosis (white spots in the teeth) can result if fluoride is taken during the first 24 months of life.