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Current Research on Fluoride Toxicity: 70+ Scientific Studies

Written by Mark Burhenne, DDS on 

This is a current list of every study we’ve found on fluoride toxicity to the brain. We created this to be a resource for the functional dentist community, so feel free to bookmark it, share it widely with your patients, and email us if you have a study to add.

Thank you to Jacqueline Carcaramo, RDH (@the.flossophy on Instagram) for collaborating on this initiative. When we both realized we were keeping our own repository of studies on this topic, we realized we could join forces and publish this database to benefit everyone.

List of Studies Investigating Relationship of IQ & Fluoride Exposure

  1. Exposure to fluoridated water and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder prevalence among children and adolescents in the United States: an ecological association
  2. Prevalence and trends in enamel fluorosis in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s
  3. Immunoexcitotoxicity as the central mechanism of etiopathology and treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A possible role of fluoride and aluminum
  4. Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children
  5. Inorganic fluoride and functions of brain
  6. Potential fluoride toxicity from oral medicaments: A review
  7. The Untold Story of Fluoridation: Revisiting the Changing Perspectives
  8. Impact of Drinking Water Fluoride on Human Thyroid Hormones: A Case-Control Study
  9. The thyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone, and vitamin D associated hypertension
  10. Placental Fluorosis: Fluoride and Preeclampsia
  11. Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  12. Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity
  13. Fluoride exposure and hypothyroidism in a Canadian pregnancy cohort
  14. Memory impairment induced by sodium fluoride is associated with changes in brain monoamine levels
  15. Neurotoxicity of fluoride: neurodegeneration in hippocampus of female mice
  16. Fluoride & IQ: 76 Studies (Fluoride Action Network)

Got a study to add? We welcome collaboration on this list. Please get in touch: [email protected] and join our community of Functional Dentists.

About Mark Burhenne, DDS

I’m on a mission to empower people everywhere with the same evidence-based, easy-to-understand dental health advice that my patients get. You can read my story here. I have been a dentist in private practice for 35 years. I graduated from the Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, CA in 1987 and am a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), Academy of General Dentistry (Chicago, IL), American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH), and Dental Board of California.

Dr. Mark is the author of the best-selling book 8-Hour Sleep Paradox

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