It made a tremendous difference in what we saw in the school systems. The (students) weren’t going out for toothaches.” ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing a bill to ban fluoride from public drinking water, following Utah's lead. Dental groups oppose the ban, emphasizing fluoride's role in preventing cavities and ...

RFK Jr. has expressed opposition to fluoridation of water, and Utah recently became the first state to ban water fluoridation. But why is there fluoride in water, and is it dangerous? Research ...

Fluoride – it's added to the water systems of more than two thirds of Americans. It's in dental products from toothpaste to mouth wash. It's been the subject of long-running conspiracy theories.

The pros and cons of flouride in water - On Call with Dr. Mallika 04:53. There have been a lot of questions about fluoride since the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy called ...

Fluoride, a mineral that occurs naturally in water, soil and air, has been shown to prevent dental cavities, or tooth decay. It works by strengthening the tooth's enamel, its hard outer surface ...

In communities without fluoridated water—like Clifton, N.J., where pediatrician Dr. Bob Jawetz practices—it’s ideal to combine bottled fluoride water with a topical supplement (like ...

In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule limiting added fluoride in bottled water to the same 0.7 mg/L level recommended by public health authorities for tap water.

Communities in the United States have been adding fluoride to the water supply since the 1940s, and that effort has led to better dental health for millions of Americans. But even from the ...

Fluoride can come from a number of sources, but drinking water is the main one for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water, according ...

Since 2010, more than 170 communities across the country have chosen to remove fluoride from their drinking water, including places like Oneida, New York; Portland, Oregon; and Bucks County ...

About one-third of community water systems — 17,000 out of 51,000 across the U.S. — serving more than 60% of the population fluoridated their water, according to a 2022 CDC analysis.