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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

SEATTLE — For decades, communities in the U.S. have been adding fluoride to tap water to help prevent cavities. Last month, Utah became the first state in the U.S. to ban water fluoridation. Some ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday it is taking a step toward "ending outdated practices" related to children's health and will begin removing ingestible fluoride prescription ...

The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The ...