Many bottled water brands have acidic pH levels and added fluoride, which can be damaging to your teeth. Augusto Robles, DDS, MS, DMD, and assistant professor at the UAB School of Dentistry, conducted ...

The benefits of putting fluoride in our drinking water might have weakened over time. In a new review of the evidence, scientists have found that while water fluoridation may still slightly reduce ...

In 1950, federal officials endorsed water fluoridation to prevent tooth decay, and they continued to promote it even after fluoride toothpaste brands hit the market several years later. Fluoride can ...

And public health officials credit the addition of fluoride to drinking water with vast improvements in dental health, especially among populations that do not regularly visit dentists.

The health benefits of fluoridated drinking water may be waning as Americans increasingly turn to using toothpastes and mouthwashes that already contain fluoride, a new review suggests. The ...

The findings from the new Cochrane report aren’t particularly conclusive in favor of adding fluoride to drinking water, experts say. “It becomes difficult to say if and to what extent there ...

Fluoride in toothpaste has largely prevented the need to keep adding it to drinking water, a major review has found. In February, the Government announced that it was planning to raise fluoride ...

Adding fluoride to public water systems started in the United States in 1945. Now, nearly three-quarters of the U.S. population — about 209 million people — are served by drinking water ...

Naples city leaders may stop having fluoride added to the drinking water due to a recent federal court ruling and the urging of fluoride opponents. Half a dozen residents, including physicians ...

Using fluoride in drinking water to improve dental health may be less effective now than it was in the past, according to a new major review. Ten per cent of people in England have fluoride added ...