Bottled water risk tooth decay: American Dental Association
Kids who drink bottled water risk tooth decay: American Dental Association
More and more Americans are guzzling bottled water every year – some 7.5 billion gallons were sucked back in 2005, according to preliminary figures from the Beverage Marketing Corp. – and that has some dentists worrying about tooth decay.
The American Dental Association says most bottled water doesn’t have enough fluoride in it to fight the bacteria-produced acids that erode teeth.
The issue is not whether bottled water is good or bad, the ADA says, but whether a child is getting adequate fluoride protection - either through drinking water or from other sources.
Source: cbc.ca
Bottled water, especially those that have no minerals, is definitively more inferior than the tap water, in terms of fluoride content. 
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