The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water systems in the United States is facing ...

Fluoride removal from US public water could cause over 25 million extra cavities in children within five years, increasing ...

Looking at a scenario in which fluoridation was eliminated, dental caries prevalence and total number of decayed teeth were ...

After 10 years, these impacts would more than double to nearly 54 million excess decayed teeth and $19.4 billion in costs.That translates to one additional decayed tooth for every three children in ...

The most common reasons for wisdom teeth removal are trapped (impacted), crowded, or decayed wisdom teeth. Because they're so far back in your mouth, wisdom teeth may not come in normally.

A new modeling study, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, estimates that removing fluoride from public water in the US would lead to 25.4 million excess decayed teeth in children and ...

After 10 years, these impacts would more than double to nearly 54 million excess decayed teeth and $19.4 billion in costs.That translates to one additional decayed tooth for every three children ...