Fluoride: Page 14

Study analyzes short-term results of defluoridating water

By Theresa Pablos

Canadian researchers have new evidence that links cessation of water fluoridation to an increase in caries. A recent study found schoolchildren in Calgary, Alberta, had a higher prevalence of caries in their primary teeth after the city's water supply was no longer fluoridated.

March 17, 2016

Pulpdent donates fluoride varnish for Guatemalan nonprofit

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Pulpdent is donating the company's Embrace fluoride varnish to the nonprofit group Mil Milagros (A Thousand Miracles).

February 3, 2016

New fluoridation society provides help to fight myths

By Donna Domino

Johnny Johnson Jr., DMD, president of the newly formed American Fluoridation Society (AFS) got into the fluoridation fight when local officials in his community of Pinellas County, FL, voted in 2011 to discontinue water fluoridation, citing concern that residents might be ingesting too much fluoride.

January 28, 2016

Dentists, physicians create new fluoridation society

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A group of dental and medical professionals has created the American Fluoridation Society (AFS), seeking to "debunk myths and clarify the evidence behind fluoridation's safety and benefits."

January 19, 2016

Journal review supports SDF use as caries treatment

By Donna Domino

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) outperforms other anticaries treatments while preventing further dental infection without traditional drilling and filling, according to the authors of a new paper in the Journal of the California Dental Association.

January 17, 2016

Study: Higher fluoride needed to control root dentine caries

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Higher fluoride concentrations are necessary when controlling caries of the root dentine versus those in the enamel, according to a new study from researchers from Brazil and published in PLOS One.

January 12, 2016

Many children not getting preventive dental care

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A study of more than 97 million dental claims by the Delta Dental Plans Association found that two-thirds of children at higher risk of developing caries aren't getting recommended preventive dental care.

December 29, 2015

U.S. surgeon general endorses community water fluoridation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, today marked the 70th anniversary of community water fluoridation by reiterating his endorsement of the program.

December 21, 2015

Pharma firm to pay $39M civil fraud settlement over fluoride tablets

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

U.S. government agencies have announced a $39 million civil fraud settlement against a pharmaceutical company for selling half-strength fluoride supplements, according to a U.S. Department of Justice statement.

December 21, 2015

Study linking fluoride, hypothyroidism criticized

By Donna Domino

A study linking fluoride with hypothyroidism used "highly selective and biased" evidence, according to a commentary in the British Dental Journal. The author of the opinion piece chided the researcher for abandoning his scientific objectivity to reinforce his opposition to fluoridation, saying the paper's conclusions should be dismissed.

December 8, 2015

Second Opinion: PRI community water fluoridation story flawed

By Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH

In this Second Opinion, Dr. Howard Pollick details some of the misperceptions and errors in a recent Public Radio International report on community water fluoridation. Dr. Pollick cites 70 years of scientific research in making his case for community water fluoridation.

December 3, 2015

PRI report: Health risks of water fluoridation raise concerns

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Public Radio International (PRI) program "Living on Earth" recently broadcast a report on community water fluoridation. According to the broadcast, "research has raised questions about the additive's safety." Here we offer quotes from the broadcast as an introduction to the Second Opinion on the subject.

November 24, 2015

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