Research analyzing 11.5 million births finds no association between community water fluoridation and reduced birth weight, ensuring prenatal safety.

Brushing your teeth might seem like a simple task you do twice a day, especially if you have an electric toothbrush that does most of the work for you. You put a pea-sized amount of toothpaste on the ...

While that minty burn sure seems like it's working, oral hygiene experts explain why that's not what you want in your rinse.

Fluoride is used worldwide to prevent tooth decay – for example, in dental care products, table salt, and, in some countries, in drinking water. However, health concerns are raised, particularly in ...

A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that community water fluoridation (CWF) is not ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo have developed artificial saliva as a mouthwash that may help protect teeth in people with head and neck cancer from developing severe tooth decay.The ...

Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating ...

Researchers looked at birth weight, an important predictor of long-term health, in 11 million babies born in the United ...

Even though the science to support his conclusions is limited, he claimed that fluoride "causes IQ loss, profound IQ loss," ...

Most of us reach for mouthwash without a second thought, tipping a brightly coloured liquid into a cap and assuming the more ...

A dentist says a simple kitchen cupboard remedy that costs less than a penny per use can be an effective addition to oral ...