Bhubaneswar: Alarmingly high fluoride levels in drinking water are jeopardising public health across the state's five ...

Researchers estimated that removing fluoride from public water supplies would cost the United States $9.8 billion over 5 years to treat increased dental caries and tooth decay in children and ...

We spoke with Dr. Bruce Dye, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, about fluoride and the ...

There are several locations in districts of Alirajpur, Chhindwara, Dewas, Dhar, Katni and Mandla where the fluoride in ground ...

Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows?

Some rural communities were exposed to naturally high fluoride levels, leading to debilitating skeletal fluorosis ... remains the only preventive dental measure that reaches vulnerable populations ...

WHO says that while fluoride reduces the incidence of dental caries (cavities), it does have negative effects at higher levels, such as “causing tooth enamel and skeletal fluorosis following ...

Too much fluoride can lead to dental fluorosis or skeletal fluorosis, which can damage bones and joints. Skeletal fluorosis is extremely rare in the United States, and no evidence indicates that ...

"But for populations with limited access to dental education and care ... in rare cases, skeletal fluorosis, which affects bones and joints, Dr. Acosta said. Children under two years old, who ...

“For Americans living in parts of the country where the fluoride in nature — in the soil and in the water — is highly elevated, the risk of dental or skeletal fluorosis is high,” Zavras says.

Long-term ingestion of excess fluoride in infancy and childhood can lead to dental fluorosis, which mostly causes blemishes on the teeth. High doses of fluoride can also cause skeletal fluorosis ...

Supporters of the proposed law point to the effects of fluoridation on your health. “Studies have linked fluoridation to dental and skeletal fluorosis, thyroid disruption, neurotoxicity, and cognitive ...