Fluoride Intake for Infants
The water treated with fluoride and added to the slurry of the baby may put it at risk of dental fluorosis, as indicated by the Academy of General Dentistry.
Although water and all foods have a natural amount of fluoride, the baby’s developing teeth show a greater sensitivity to higher levels of fluoride. Fluorosis, a condition that produces cosmetics harmless specks of brown or yellow in the enamel can occur if the child is regularly exposed to fluoride levels above 1 ppm (parts per million).
Although breast milk and most commercial baby foods have fluoride levels that provide security for the baby, parents should be careful with the concentrated slurry to which water must be added. The sources and wells often have running water fluoride levels above 1 ppm.
To dilute the concentrated slurry, we recommend using bottled distilled water low in fluoride (the label usually means “purified” or “distilled water for the baby”), or tap water passed through a filter integrated domestic reverse osmosis to remove most of the fluoride.
“If the child has brown spots on the teeth, you should take the dentist to determine if it’s fluorosis,” says James Tennyson, DDS, dentist spokesman for the Academy. “It could be decay, in which case he may prescribe fluoride supplements to children.”
“If the child corrects dental fluorosis in primary teeth, you may not have difficulties when it permanent teeth at the age of five or six years,” says Dr. Tennyson.
Dr. Tennyson also recommend checking the level of fluoride in tap water used, this is due to take a sample in a sterile container and taken to the local health department or water. It is possible that the dentist can do the test sample if the clinic has a colorimeter to determine the concentrations by comparison with a standard.
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