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

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

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

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

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

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that children would likely see an uptick in cavities over ...

The Health and Human Services chief shrugged as he admitted that we will see an increase in cavities if he succeeds in ...

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

Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower ...

The number of children whose tooth decay went untreated also went down, from 21% in 1999-2004 to 10% in 2011-2016. Boys and ...

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

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