Last year, when Utah lawmakers passed the nation’s first statewide ban on community water fluoridation, they included a ...

Dentists say fluoride remains key to preventing cavities, but toothpaste, mouthwash and nursing water can help if access ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gone after fluoride in drinking water, a move that medical experts widely disagree with. Water fluoridation has been proven to be so ...

Person at a tap, filling a glass of water. Public water systems add fluoride to drinking water to help strengthen teeth. This is considered one of the great public health achievements, credited as a ...

Dentists have said for years that drinking fluoridated water keeps teeth strong and reduces cavities and tooth decay. However ...

A student drinks from a water fountain at an elementary school in California in 2023. Florida moved closer to becoming the second state to ban the long-standing practice of adding fluoride to public ...

European regulators are weighing high-dose fluoride data, whereas safety bodies report that routine dietary and toothpaste ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday it is taking a step toward "ending outdated practices" related to children's health and will begin removing ingestible fluoride prescription ...

Every time we turn on the water tap, we’re doing more than quenching thirst — we’re protecting smiles. For generations, community water fluoridation has quietly and powerfully helped Maryland children ...

Dental experts point to the benefits of fluoride in drinking water and say the mineral is safe at levels used in the U.S.