A low-fluoride gel with sodium trimetaphosphate (TMP) may promote greater enamel remineralization than a traditional, more concentrated gel, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...

Researchers looked at data from over 10,000 people.

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Public water systems add fluoride to drinking water to help strengthen teeth. This is considered one of the great public health achievements, credited as a major factor in the decline in tooth decay ...

Fluoride is back in the news, after incoming US “health czar” Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for its removal from drinking water. At the same time, the Australian Medical Association (Queensland) ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­— In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its drinking water. Five years later, U.S. federal officials endorsed water fluoridation, with ...

Utah has just become the first U.S. state to ban fluoride from municipal drinking water. Other states will likely follow. It’s a confusing move by a seemingly even-keeled governor to take an ...