Dr. Gerry Curatola is a renowned biologic restorative dentist with more than 30 years of clinical
practice experience. He is the founder of Rejuvenation Dentistry®, a multi-specialty integrative
dental practice in New York City based on the principles of bio regulatory healthcare. Dr.
Curatola studied neuroscience at Colgate University and attended dental school at the New
York University (NYU) College of Dentistry where he now serves as Adjunct Clinical Associate
Professor in the Department of Cardiology and Comprehensive Care. Postdoctoral, Dr. Curatola
studied nutrition and wellness at the Pratt Institute, Harvard Medical School's program in
Complementary and Alternative Medicine, as well as numerous programs on natural health. Dr.
Curatola serves on the Fellowship Committee for the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
(AIHM), and is a member of the International Academy of Biologic Dentistry & Medicine
(IABDM), the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) and the
American Dental Association (ADA). Dr. Curatola dedicated the Curatola Wing for Clinical
Research at New York University to promote translational research in 2006, and he has more
than 20 years of oral microbiome research experience. Dr. Curatola is listed in the Guide to
America’s Top Dentists, the Leading Physicians of the World, and Top Dentists of New York. He
is the recipient of the Acton Medal at NYU for outstanding contributions to the University. Dr.
Curatola’s new book, The Mouth-Body Connection, released by Hachette Publishing, 2017,
explores the bi-directional relationship behind oral health and systemic wellness.
The Fluoride Controversy
From Dr. Curatola's book "The Mouth-Body Connection"
I could not write a chapter on toxins without weighing in on the fluoride controversy. Fluoride, which is derived from one of the single most reactive nonradioactive elements on the Periodic Table of Elements, was added to the water supply in the United States in the 1940s for the purpose of reducing cavities. The sacred cow of preventive dentistry, fluoride has been promoted as one of the top ten most important public health measures in the twentieth century.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 90 percent of the fluoride added to public water supplies is actually not sodium fluoride at all. It is fluorosilicic acid, a waste product that comes from chemicals produced as by-products from the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers and aluminum manufacturing. Fluorosilicic acid is used in manufacturing commercial detergents such as cryolite, silicon tetrafluoride, and other fluosilicates. Its corrosive acidic nature leaches the lead and arsenic from water delivery plumbing, which is suspected happened with the toxic water in Flint, Michigan. On the other hand, sodium fluoride in toothpastes and other products is an ingredient in rat and roach poisons and industrial pesticides. Sodium fluoride also serves as a key component of anesthetic, hypnotic, and psychiatric drugs.
Under the banner of Preventive Dentistry, most Americans are really being “medicated” with industrial waste products that are already poisoning the environment.
Roughly 99 percent of fluoridated water never touches our teeth. It is used for showering, watering crops, and washing clothes.