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Dunedin: Council gets ticking off over bill
Margaret van Zyl is still waiting for her money. The Mosgiel pensioner turned up at the Dunedin City Council’s infrastructure and networks committee meeting yesterday to voice her displeasure during the public forum. She was upset by the council’s continuing practice of adding fluoride to drinking water, in line with Ministry of Health guidelines. And […]
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This New Treatment Could Heal Tooth Cavities Without Any Fillings
It regrows the enamel itself. Scientists have invented a new product that can encourage tooth enamel to grow back, which means we could finally have a game-changing way to treat dental cavities. Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a treatment based on peptides – short chains of amino acids, linked by peptide bonds, […]
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Report: Prevalence of Total and Untreated Dental Caries Among Youth: U.S. 2015–2016
Key findings Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey For 2015–2016, prevalence of total caries (untreated and treated) was 43.1% and untreated caries was 13.0% among youth aged 2–19 years. Prevalence was lowest in youth aged 2–5 years compared with those aged 6–11 and 12–19 for total (17.7%, 45.2%, 53.5%) and untreated caries […]
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Fewer dental cavities found in young people, but minorities still most at risk
(CNN) – The percentage of young people with dental cavities in the United States dropped from 50% in 2012 to just over 43% in 2016, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the overall trend is a positive one, young members of minority communities continue to have […]
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Group says it has enough signatures to prompt another fluoride plebiscite in Owen Sound
A group opposed to Owen Sound adding fluoride to its drinking water says it has collected enough signatures to compel the city to hold a plebiscite on whether the practice should end. Spokesperson Sandra Barker said she is planning to deliver the petitions to city hall Monday. “We were told we had to have 1,643 […]
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Oamaru: Children needed for fluoride study
University of Otago researchers want help from Oamaru children. The university is embarking on a major fluoride study in the town. Dr Sheila Skeaff said the focus of the study, taking place during the school holidays, was to monitor fluoride consumption among children between the ages of 9 and 11. The study would ask parents […]
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Edgartown: Fluoride loses
Excerpt: Voters overwhelmingly defeated an initiative to add fluoride to the town’s water, a rebuff to a controversial order issued by the board of health. In a vote of 700-253 with 16 blanks, the fluoride initiative lost, despite the strong backing of dental and health professionals on the Island. The town’s board of health voted […]
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Fluoride levels in Longburn water supply
Palmerston North City Council (PNCC) and Public Health Services of MidCentral Health (PHS) advise of a recent incident relating to the fluoride dosing system at Longburn. During routine monitoring at 1pm, Tuesday 3 April, elevated fluoride levels were detected in the Longburn community water supply. Laboratory testing confirmed the elevated levels at 8.7 mg/L, which […]
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Letter: Fluoride evidence
JEAN Park (ODT, 5.4.18) asks if those opposing fluoridation have actually read the highly positive, robust scientific research. Could she enlighten me please as to where it is? I conclude, after reading the recent papers by Bashash et al. and Thomas et al., who found higher maternal urinary fluoride levels during pregnancy were associated with […]
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Letter: Green Bay City Council needs to embrace science, end fluoridation
GREEN BAY – Cheers to Fond du Lac, Bonduel, Gillett and Oconto Falls communities who ditched their fluoridation programs. Jeers to Green Bay Water Utility who persist in damaging teeth, promoting disease and harming brains by fluoridating public water supply. A few recent published studies confirming the anti-science basis of fluoridation include one in the […]
United States, Wisconsin