First, fluoride is a by-product, actually a waste, of the aluminum industry. Quite a bit has been written about the harm fluoride does to the human body and to teeth.

Fluoridation / Fluoride Toxic Chemicals In Your Water
http://www.holisticmed.com/fluoride/


Fluoridation Warnings: International Organization
Due to increased exposures to fluoride, millions of children in the U.S. are developing dental fluorosis (damage to tooth-forming cells)...Did you know? Almost all of western Europe has rejected water fluoridation....
http://fluoridealert.org/


Dr. Gerard Judd has researched externsively and written quite a bit about its harm.
http://gerardjudd.com/goodteeth.htm


What Your Dentist Isn’t Telling You About Fluoride
http://www.mercola.com/article/links/fluoride_links.htm


Curezone page
//www.curezone.org/dental/fluoride.asp

Fluoride Increases Hip Fractures
Drinking fluoridated water will double the number of hip fractures for both older men and women.
Extremely low levels of water fluoridation 0.1 ppm still produced statistically significant increased hip fractures. (Bordeaux Study JAMA 1994)
Fluoride Is A Carcinogen
Fluoride Does NOT Reduce Tooth Decay
Fluoride is not effective in reducing tooth decay.
No correlation was found between the level of fluoride in water and dental caries.
There appears to be a genetically related increase in tooth decay for Hispanics, Indians, Native Americans and Asians.
Decay is related to the educational and economic level of the parents.

Curezone fluoride forum
//www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=608

Well I think you must realize by the other post, flouride is very bad. My best friends brother was given extra flouride starting at about 11 by his well meaning Dad, and now has very brown spots all over his teeth.

I use Xylitol toothpaste by Spry. Be careful to read all the labels because even Tom's has toothpaste with flouride.

Glycerin is one of the things to stay away from. Appartently it takes 27 brushings to get one coat off your teeth. Unfortunately the Spry toothpaste has glycerin, so as soon as we are finished with this tube, we will only use the Microbrite Antioxidant Tooth powder.

Alas, my family is very upset about giving up the toothpaste. I will have to keep some of the Spry around for their occassional use.

Molly