How to Prevent Cavities in Children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 20% of children between the ages of 5 and 11 have at least one untreated decayed tooth.

Florida is the latest state to restrict fluoride additives in public drinking water, after Gov. DeSantis signed the bill into law.

Fluoride has been shown scientifically for decades to be the best way at combatting tooth decay, and if we pull that away, we ...

Meanwhile, about 40% of US children had access to optimal fluoride levels that effectively prevent tooth decay – between 0.6 and 1.5 milligrams per liter – while about 46% had access to even ...

SDF or ART were applied to the children's teeth-including more than 10,000 cavities-during biannual school visits. The students were followed for up to four years to see if their tooth decay ...

Our research team found that school fluoride varnish programs, implemented primarily in communities with lower incomes and high cavity risk among children, achieve meaningful rates of student ...

A lack of oral health literacy among caregivers and access to dental services is driving tooth decay in young children ...

The simulations estimated that a ban would result in tooth decay in 25.4 million more teeth, which is equivalent to a decayed tooth for one out of every three children over the next five years.

The simulations estimated that a ban would result in tooth decay in 25.4 million more teeth, which is equivalent to a decayed tooth for one out of every three children over the next five years.

Many children in Florida lack access to routine dental care. According to data from the Florida Department of Health, nearly ...

“In patients who have had a history of fluoride in their water, their teeth are just better. They need to see me less,” she ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that one of the points on his agenda, removing fluoride from water supplies across the nation, would probably cause Americans to get more cavities hence ...