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Forum paper: Putting the Mouth Back in the Body
Excerpts: This forum was made possible by special grants from the DentaQuest Foundation and the Massachusetts Dental Society. PAGE iii The Office of Oral Health at the Department of Public Health aims to improve oral health through education about preventing dental disease, community water fluoridation, and school-based fluoride and sealant programs… Community water fluoridation is […]
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Myron Coplan’s path through town politics has been pivotal and memorable
Myron “Mike” Coplan will be honored with the title “Senior Man of the Year” on Monday, but the long-time town resident said he has not done much lately to earn that title. Perhaps those selecting the Senior Man of the Year from the Natick Council on Aging looked back at his contributions to Natick through […]
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Athol: Anti-fluoridation article easily defeated at town meeting
ATHOL — Fluoride has been in the town’s water for more than 50 years, and it will continue to be added after a vote last night rejecting a call to end the practice. The call for ending fluoridation was defeated after residents heard from Health Agent Philip D. Leger, who said the Board of Health […]
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Fluoride on Athol meeting warrant
ATHOL — While there are budgets to pass, zoning regulations to be changed and land to be preserved, the thorniest issue on this year’s annual town meeting warrant may be efforts to stop the town from putting fluoride in its drinking water. The town meeting will be held tomorrow beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Memorial […]
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Norwood: Dental program serves Massachusetts seniors
Norwood, Mass.—In 1999, the Neponset Valley Community Health Coalition was established with a goal to advocate and help provide access to medial care for underserved residents in the region. The coalition invited local dentists Dr. Stephen Stone, a periodontist, and Dr. Mark Stone, a pediatric dentist (who are not related), to help assess and address […]
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Amesbury discontinues fluoridation due to difficulty in obtaining sodium fluoride
Director of Public Works Rob Desmarais requested the discontinuance due to the variability and unreliability of the sodium fluoride supply. Changes in the sodium fluoride market have caused significant difficulty in procuring a consistent high quality product for public water application. The Amesbury Board of Health voted at its April 16 meeting to discontinue the […]
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Editorial: Athol voters urged to continue fluoridation in May 4 vote.
Athol voters would be making a big mistake if they were to vote at town meeting on May 4 to eliminate fluoride supplements in their drinking water. It is sadly ironic that some people will swallow handfuls of vitamins and take herbal remedies of unproven value and sometimes uncertain origin, while simultaneously rejecting the long-established […]
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Senate, No. 2819 – includes promotion of Community Water Fluoridation
Update: “12/22/08 -H Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading” SENATE, No. 2819 AN ACT TO IMPROVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE ORAL HEALTH OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Excerpt: SECTION 3. (5) promote and provide technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of population-based dental programs, such as […]
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Costs to treat water flood town coffers
The cost of chemicals injected into many municipal water supplies is on the rise, according to area public works departments. Chemicals like fluoride, which is added to municipal water to improve dental health, and potassium hydroxide used to increase the pH level of the water supply are among the products that have increased in cost. […]
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Yarmouth voters soundly defeat fluoridation
It’s not often that 40 percent of Yarmouth voters show up at the polls and with that kind of turnout in last week’s town election, many of those who supported the fluoridation of the town’s water are asking, “what happened?” “My husband is a dentist and we’ve tried four times to get this by the […]
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