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Winston Peters says Whangārei fluoridation mandate a 'despotic Soviet-era disgrace' (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Once again Winston makes me feel ashamed to be a Kiwi and makes me despise the majority of the country which put people like this in power over our lives.

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[–] Dave 3 points 3 days ago

From what I can find, you're supposed to suck or chew them. I can't remember what we did as kids but chewing them seems reasonable since I was probably 4-6 at the time.

They weren't little gummy bears or anything though, I remember them being tiny, maybe 3mm across, white and round. The kind of pill that you'd expect to break into powder when bitten. And I think we only had half a tablet.

But even if swallowed whole it seems it can get into your teeth via things like fluoride making it's way into your saliva production, but it's less effective because of the low concentration.