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The discovery that fluoride can help people maintain healthy teeth dates back to Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. That’s when a young dentist named Frederick McKay noticed brown staining on the ...

In 1901, a dentist from Massachusetts went to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to begin his practice. There, he encountered people who had dark brown stains on their teeth — but no sign of tooth decay. He ...

Florida has officially become the second state in the country to effectively ban fluoride in public water supplies. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the "Florida Farm Bill" (SB 700) into law on Thursday, ...

When Tristen Boyer recently had a couple of cavities filled, her dentist suggested she get fluoride treatment afterward. She has Crohn’s disease, which puts her at increased risk for tooth decay.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is following through on his pledge to order the CDC to stop recommending that US communities add fluoride to their drinking water. The debate over fluoride’s ...

There have been a lot of questions about fluoride since the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy called for it to be removed from the water supply. But is fluoride actually good or ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the "Florida Farm Bill" (SB 700) into law on Thursday Fluoridation in public water supplies is the single most effective, safe and cost-effective way to prevent dental decay ...

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