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5 Ways to Protect Your Teeth (and Your Kids’ Teeth) Without Fluoride in Your Drinking Water
Communities without access to fluoridated drinking water have a higher risk of cavities. Here’s how to protect your teeth.
Fluoride Ban Could Create Cavities For 1 Of Every 3 U.S. Kids
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, June 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Removing fluoride from the U.S. water supply ...
Ocala set to stop applying fluoride to drinking water
On Tuesday, the city of Ocala will formally begin the process of removing fluoride from drinking water. This comes as the ...
Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluoride, study finds
Florida and Utah have already removed fluoride from public drinking water. A new analysis predicts what could happen if the ...
What to Do If Fluoride Is Removed From Your Water
Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars. When acid starts to wear down enamel, fluoride draws in calcium and ...
Are fluoride tablets bad for kids’ health? What to know as FDA moves to take them off the market
As more states ban fluoride in water and the HHS moves to take prescription fluoride off the market, here's what the research shows about how fluoride affects health.
Kids will develop 25.4 million more cavities if fluoride is banned nationwide, study finds
A national ban on the mineral fluoride in U.S. public drinking water could result in a decayed tooth for one out of every ...
Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand visits Exira after drinking water boil advisory lifted
Concerned residents told Sand they're concerned the system through the Regional Water Rural Water Association is not ...
Did recent water testing in Milwaukee Public Schools find unsafe levels of lead?
The City of Milwaukee Health Department tested for lead in water at four Milwaukee Public Schools buildings in recent months.