gel or foam directly to the teeth -- isn't always covered by insurance, especially for adults. So when is it worth getting? Here are some ways to figure that out. Who needs in-office fluoride ...

Cocoa, the largest supplier of drinking water in Brevard County, is proposing to be the next Florida city to say so long — for good — to adding fluoride to its tap water. If you want to weigh ...

ECUA Executive Director Bruce Woody told the News Journal are monitoring the re-emergence of the debate over adding fluoride to water. “Our response at this point is one of wanting to obtain ...

A study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found an association between fluoride in drinking water and reduced cognitive function in children. The findings may add fuel to the debate over ...

Fluoride didn’t make much of a splash in the public eye when fluoridation trials began in 1945. The first run only reached about 232,000 Americans at the time. Nearly a decade later, the number ...

(AP) — When Tristen Boyer recently had a couple of cavities filled, her dentist suggested she get fluoride treatment ... applying a varnish, gel or foam directly to the teeth – isn’t always ...

Fluoride in drinking water, which protects against cavities and tooth loss, is been lauded by health officials as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. But a growing ...

Utah is set to place a ban on fluoride in public drinking water. The bill, HB81, awaits Gov. Spencer Cox’s signature and would become the first state to put the ban in place. Bill sponsor Rep.

Several states, including Florida, Georgia and Utah, are introducing legislation to limit or eliminate mandates related to fluoride, with Utah even considering a ban on its presence in water systems.

In case you’re keeping score, there’s a move in Florida to remove cavity-fighting fluoride in the drinking water while adding radioactive industrial waste products to roads. I know.

Water keeps us alive, but what happens when something meant to help us raises new concerns? For decades, governments have added fluoride to drinking water to protect teeth, believing it to be a simple ...