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July 28, 2020 News NewsOral Health

Kiwi Preschoolers Losing Teeth to Painful, Preventable Tooth Decay

by University of Canterbury, Medical Xpress

Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented, according to research published today in JAMA Pediatrics, the highest-ranking journal of pediatrics, perinatology and child health in the world. The nation-wide study, evaluating the link between community water fluoridation…

July 6, 2020 News NewsOral Health

23 Children and Teens Hospitalized a Day for Dental Care, as Water Fluoridation Bill Flounders in New Zealand

by Oliver Lewis, Stuff

When Dr Rob Beaglehole moved from Wellington to Nelson, he was shocked at the number of children with tooth decay. The primary difference: Wellington had fluoridated water; Nelson did not. “It wasn’t uncommon to be removing 10 teeth from children as…

January 26, 2020 News News

Questionable Study Casts a Cloud Over the 75th Anniversary of Water Fluoridation

by Jennifer Meyer, Stat News

Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 25, 1945, public health officials began an experiment in Grand Rapids, Mich., to prevent the pain, misery, and cost of tooth decay: adjusting the level of fluoride in drinking water. Cavity rates plunged with fluoridation. Today, 211…

December 14, 2019 News News

Dentists Come Together in Florida to Defend Community Water Fluoridation

by ADA News

A councilman who missed an earlier city council vote meeting cast the deciding, tie-breaking vote in a 4-3 decision that will continue community fluoridation for 181,000 Brevard County residents on the east coast of Florida. “It was a movement of…

November 11, 2019 News News

Quebec’s Order Of Dentists Wants Quebec To Take Charge Of Fluoridation Of Drinking Water

by Richard Deschamps, iHeartRadio News

Quebec’s Order of Dentists has issued a call for the Quebec government to take charge and make fluoridation of drinking water a reality across the province. Currently, the province’s cities and towns are in charge of water fluoridation, and for…

August 28, 2019 News News

Responses To Fluoride Study Flood In From All Over The Globe

by ADA News

Alongside organizations and publications around the world, the ADA on Aug. 19 issued a press statement in response to widespread media interest in a study that suggested an association between higher prenatal fluoride exposure and lower IQ scores in children 3-4 years of age.…

October 29, 2018 News News

Dentists, Health Experts Hold Meeting About Fluoridation of Calgary’s Drinking Water

by Michael Franklin, CTV News

Dozens of concerned Calgarians gathered on Saturday afternoon for a discussion about the pros and cons of adding fluoride back into the city’s water system. The city stopped the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water back in 2011 because…

January 4, 2016 News DentistryHealth & HealingOral HealthOral Surgery

Surgeon General Endorses Community Water Fluoridation

by Oral Health

2015 Marks 70 Years of Community Water Fluoridation in the United States WASHINGTON, D.C., The American Dental Association (ADA) applauds U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., and his endorsement today of community water fluoridation. “Fluoride’s effectiveness in preventing tooth decay…