As the consumer representative to the dental products panel of the FDA, my charge is to serve as a liaison between interested consumers, associations, coalitions, and consumer organizations and to establish a link between the diverse constituencies served by the FDA, and represent their issues before the dental products panel.
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I'm fairly well connected to various facets of the dental industry. When I was originally vetted for this position, I was asked if I could separate my affiliation to organized dentistry from that of the consumers I was asked to represent. Since I stay well-connected to the dental research community and stakeholders within public health and clinical practice, my only limitation is hearing from consumers.
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But I thought perhaps consumers might want to know what I think about one thing... Fluoride
You can't argue with the fact that fluoride is the most studied anti-caries agent we know of. That doesn't mean something better doesn't exist, but it does mean that we've spent [IMO too many] decades entrenching ourselves in the dogma of fluoride at the expense of searching for better treatments. Do we need fluoride, no, but do I want some fluoride incorporated into my teeth, yes. More importantly, I definitely want strontium in my teeth - but no one talks about that, and that's more interesting than fluoride.
Thoughts
from your representative, Dr. Brian Novy