BATHURST dentist Nigel Swan said in his letter published on March 1 that fluoride tablets are no longer available in Australia. This is correct.
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However, he did not mention that it is easy to buy fluoride tablets on eBay. There are a number of brands available. Additionally, some compounding chemists will make up fluoride drops.
Personally, I find it very discriminating that people who want fluoride have it everywhere already, with cheap fluoride toothpaste and the ability to buy tablets and drops if they want.
However, if a public water supply is fluoridated, people who don’t want fluoride have to take heroic and expensive measures to avoid it, or minimise their exposure to it.
I certainly don’t want my drinking water to be fluoridated, thank you.