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.

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

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

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

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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 ...

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

From "Colorado Brown Stain" to Dr. Strangelove, we look at the weird history (and surprising science) behind fluoridated ...

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 ...

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 ...