Association of Maternal Bone Resorption with Urinary Fluoride Levels During Pregnancy
Morteza Bashash, Karen E. Peterson, E. Angeles Martinez-Mier, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa, Ángel Santiago, Adrienne S. Ettinger, Martha María Téllez-Rojo, Howard Hu · 2026
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Morteza Bashash and co-authors ask whether bone breakdown during pregnancy raises a mother's exposure to fluoride, in a 2026 study from Mexico. Most fluoride in the body is stored in bone and teeth. As pregnancy speeds up bone turnover, stored fluoride may be released into the blood and reach the fetus, a concern given links to child brain development.
The team measured fluoride and a bone breakdown marker in urine across all three trimesters. Fluoride levels stayed fairly flat, while the bone marker climbed steeply. Higher bone breakdown tracked with higher fluoride in every trimester. The findings suggest pregnancy itself can mobilize stored fluoride from the mother's skeleton.
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| CREATOR | Morteza Bashash, Karen E. Peterson, E. Angeles Martinez-Mier, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa, Ángel Santiago, Adrienne S. Ettinger, Martha María Téllez-Rojo, Howard Hu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |