i want to be clear - the issues that i'm dealing with are very thoroughly tied to a lack of water fluoridation. what happened to my teeth is a predictable consequence of removing fluoride from low-income communities, where access to dentistry is minimal, restricted or non-existent. this is what should have been expected.

so, fluoride is the right solution to salvage as much as i can.

i left it too long. we'll have to see if that mistake was catastrophic or not.