American Association Of Pediatrics Recommends Fluoride Treatments Beginning At Six Months.

UPI (12/9) reports that the American Association of Pediatrics recommends children receive “fluoride treatments starting from six months of age or when their teeth are visible.” The new guideline, one of several updated guidelines AAP released for preventive healthcare screenings and assessments, “echoes one issued in 2014 by the American Association of Pediatric Dentists for parents to start treating children’s teeth while they are infants.” The AAPD wrote in its Guideline on Fluoride Therapy, “There is confirmation from evidence-based reviews that fluoride use for the prevention and control of caries is both safe and highly effective in reducing dental caries prevalence.”

        Meanwhile, the Idaho State Journal (12/10) states that “the discovery of fluoride’s protective qualities for teeth is something of a medical miracle,” listing seven reasons children benefit from a professional fluoride treatment. The article states, for example, that fluoride strengthens tooth enamel, according to the American Dental Association, helping to prevent tooth decay and reverse early decay.