What forms of Otosclerosis are helped by Flouride treatment?

[seshu2000]

Hello,

The British Tinnitis Society at tinnitus.org.uk/otosclerosis says “Fluoride treatment has been used with good results in certain forms of otosclerosis but is generally not favoured in the UK. If fluoride treatment is considered it is essential to know the concentration of fluoride in the patient's drinking water to ensure a correct dosage.”

Could you please help me understand the following:

1. Why it is not favoured in the UK if it has been used with good results (albeit in certain forms of Otosclerosis)?

2. What forms of Otosclerosis has shown good results with Fluoride?

3. What dosages are recommended for different fluoride concentrations in drinking water? Is there a table mapping different dosages to concentrations?

Thank you

Seshu

[seshu2000]

Am sorry. I meant to say "British Tinnitus Association

" (not British Tinnitus Society). My apologies.

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

Hi Seshu

Thank you for your questions. I'll try and suggest some links which might help you:

The NHS in the UK has a useful primer on fluoride use which gives figures on current usage - up to 5.8 million people receive water with added fluoride. The exact figures of concentration and percentage should be available from councils in the listed areas:

nhs.uk/conditions/fluoride/

The Freedom of Information site, 'What do they know?' is a good resource for asking specific questions to councils regarding fluoride in water supplies or to hospitals about treatments for tinnitus and other conditions:

whatdotheyknow.com/search/f...

There is limited research indicating positive results from fluoride integration in Otosclerosis treatment. The nearest thing that I've been able to find is this 2014 review of published works compiled by Dutch researchers _

insights.ovid.com/article/0...

I hope that this helps with some aspects of your query. Please feel free to drop a line to [e-mail] if you have any more queries or I can try to answer them in the forum.

Best wishes

Pat