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.

A simple swipe of fluoride varnish in schools is emerging as a powerful, cost-effective tool to fight childhood cavities and ...

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

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

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to push for curbs on fluoride in drinking water.

Removing fluoride from public drinking water may lead to millions more cavities in US children, study estimates By . Deidre McPhillips. PUBLISHED May 30, 2025, 11:04 AM ET.

Two topical treatments applied to kids' cavities can stop the majority of them from progressing for years, according to a study led by NYU College of Dentistry and published in JAMA Network Open.

He hides his smile in every school photo,” Jayden’s mother told me, holding up a picture of her 6-year-old son.

Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluoride, study finds. Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation in public water systems.

Fluoride varnish, easily and quickly applied to a child’s teeth, is an affordable and effective way to help prevent cavities.

Two pediatric doctors write that Florida’s new ban on fluoride in public drinking water will negatively affect all Floridians’ oral hygiene, but it will affect that of our children the ...

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