Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Should fluoride be in your drinking water? That’s a big question buzzing around the state right now. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again’ initiative directs the ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For decades, fluoride in drinking water has helped protect kids’ teeth from ...

For generations, fluoridated drinking water has helped safeguard the teeth of most American children. Yet recently, skepticism over this public-health measure has gained new traction, and some locales ...

Fluoride is credited with improving the dental health of children and adults for decades, but some South Carolina legislators are suspicious and want to ban it ...

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In New York, 336 community water systems, out of a total of 2,790, have fluoridated water. These 336 community water systems provide water to more than 13 million people, or about 72% of all New ...

Dentists are proving no match for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the battle over fluoride. Utah and Florida have this year banned the cavity-fighting mineral from drinking water and several other Republican ...

An Arizona lawmaker has proposed a bill to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. Dental experts argue the ban would defy decades of research and lead to increased tooth decay. The ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - WAFF got an inside look at a Madison City water plant that contained fluoride showed the significant damage caused. Madison Utilities tells WAFF 48 the damage to this ...