But he told the Tavares City Council in December that the benefits of adding fluoride to water are up for debate. “Does it help teeth? Yeah, it sounds like it does,” Ladapo told the Tavares ...

Whilst adding fluoride to the water supply does not eliminate tooth decay, it reduces decay levels and the impact of dental disease, he said. “At the present time, everyone is waiting to see ...

A Manatee County official is calling for the removal of fluoride from the county’s drinking water following a renewed national debate about whether it poses health risks. In a controversial ...

Evidence shows that fluoride can prevent and even reverse early tooth decay, according to the National Institutes of Health. The road to that understanding begins in 1901, when a dentist in Colorado ...

Connecticut Senate Democrats want to protect state residents from the Trump Administration’s plan to remove fluoride from drinking water, legislative leaders announced on Tuesday. The U.S. has ...

Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration on Day One would push to stop the controversial practice of adding fluoride to drinking ... to help protect against tooth decay, are still unclear.

While fluoride isn't needed in drinking water, the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocate for it, saying its main benefit is preventing cavities.

possible health concerns and said putting fluoride in the water supply removes individual choice of fluoride consumption. But the Wisconsin Dental Association said putting fluoride in the water is the ...

Water fluoridation is the process in which public water supplies add fluoride to help with the prevention of tooth decay in its citizens. But over the recent years, more opponents of water ...

(Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File) (NewsNation) — Researchers highlighted concerns that fluoride exposure from multiple sources, including water, foods and dental products, ...