Skeletal fluorosis and instant tea

Authors:
Michael P Whyte, MD, Kevan Essmyer, MS, Francis H Gannon, MD, William R Reinus, MD

Abstract:
Development of skeletal fluorosis is associated with consumption of well water containing fluoride concentrations in excess of 4 parts per million (ppm).1-4 Unprocessed foods contain insufficient fluoride to cause disease.1 Tea, however, is fluoride rich,5-7, and skeletal fluorosis occurs in Asia where inferior quality "brick" tea comprising mature leaves, twigs, and berries of the tea plant Camellia sinensis is drunk.



Country: U.S.

Citation: The American Journal of Medicine , Volume 118 , Issue 1 , 78 - 82

Study Mailing Address:
Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, St. Louis, Missouri

Date Updated: January 26, 2021