Excerpt: Toothpaste: Always use toothpaste that contains fluoride, which strengthens the outer tooth enamel our teeth, unless your dentist recommends a particular one. If you’re allergic to fluoride or have another medical condition then you can switch your toothpaste by the prescriptions of your dentist. While buying toothpaste for children, always look for a toothpaste […]
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Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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Debunking viral videos that claim bottled water is bad for you
Excerpts: … “The concern is if you’re drinking a lot of bottled water, and it’s acidic, it could be eroding the enamel on your teeth and causing tooth decay,” said Dr. Sally Cram, spokesperson with the American Dental Association and practicing periodontist. More alarming to Dr. Cram is bottled water without fluoride… The U.S. Public […]
Department of Health reaches milestone in children’s oral health
The Maryland Department of Health’s Office of Oral Health has surpassed 200,000 fluoride varnish applications. The statewide intervention program, launched in 2009, is designed to prevent tooth decay in high-risk children. Through a partnership with Maryland Medicaid, the Office of Oral Health trains medical practitioners to apply fluoride varnish to children ages nine months to […]
Middletown grapples with budget concerns on fluoride issue
No one in Middletown’s town government argues the benefits of offering fluoride in the town’s water supply. But the town is grappling with whether or not it is cost-prohibitive in the budget to do so. With a vote scheduled for May 8, the town held another public meeting for residents to offer perspective on the […]
Middletown: Town Board meeting tonight will include fluoridation
The Agenda for the Town Meeting meeting for April 24 includes this recommendation: Page 20: “Staff would recommend the Town Board give serious consideration to the substantial capital cost for providing fluoride to resident’s ($90,000), which is only a benefit to a specific segment of the population, when fluoride is available through many other sources. […]
Middletown “in the middle of a decision of whether to provide fluoride to town residents”
Burgess John Miller wants to give Middletown residents a break on their water bills. In Miller’s proposed budget, he has decided against increasing rates on water bills for residents. The town has raised rates 3 percent in each of the last three years, Town Administrator Drew Bowen said Monday evening at the town’s budget workshop. […]
Middletown debates adding fluoride at water treatment facilities
Buy more toothpaste. Some Middletown residents may be forced to find other sources of fluoride, as the town considers whether to foot the bill to provide fluoride through the town’s drinking water. In 2015, the town learned that certain areas, specifically the Brookridge South and Glenbrook subdivisions, do not receive the recommended levels of fluoride […]
Why do poor kids get more cavities?
Despite decades of community water fluoridation, fluoride toothpaste use, improvements in nutrition and hygiene education, dental caries — also known as cavities — remain the most common childhood disease in America. They lead to pain, infections, nutritional deficits, lack of sleep, poor concentration, slower physical growth and a loss of about a dozen school hours […]
Benefits, costs of fluoride in Cumberland’s drinking water questioned
CUMBERLAND — In response to a recent question from a citizen on the current level of fluoride in Cumberland’s drinking water, Mayor Brian Grim said the amount of the chemical added to the city’s water supply has been reduced by half in recent years. Speaking during the public input portion of the June 17 meeting […]
Keyser may eliminate fluoride in water to save money
The city of Keyser may eliminate fluoridation as a way to reduce operating expenses at its water treatment plant. The surprise announcement was made at Monday’s meeting of the Keyser Water Board, when newly designated Water Plant Supervisor Bobby Paugh proposed a reduction in chemical purchases at the plant on Water Street. Among the many […]