Objectives To determine the prevalence and severity of fluorosis in permanent incisor teeth in young children in a fluoridated and a fluoride-deficient community and to establish what relationship ...

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

On May 7, a law banning fluoride in Utah’s public drinking water went into effect. Less than a week later, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an effort to phase out ingestible fluoride ...

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

High exposure to fluoride can cause a condition known as fluorosis, which is a fancy word for tooth discoloration, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Fluorosis is most commonly observed in people ...

Fluoride has been added to public water systems in the United States since 1945 to strengthen tooth enamel and fight off ...

Subjects were selected for this study had participated in an epidemiological survey looking at caries and fluorosis prevalence ... incisors [31] after the teeth had been cleaned and dried for ...

The fluoride levels in West Point’s water are common for the region, but children under the age of 9 may want to take care.

However, this reduction in caries has also been associated with concerns regarding increased prevalence of dental fluorosis in both fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities. [1–4] The York ...