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Bassett Expanding Fluoride Varnish Dental Treatments in Pediatric Patients The treatment takes less than a minute, reduces the risk of tooth decay COOPERSTOWN—Bassett Health Network is…

There was another delay in the reintroducing fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water. Fluoride restoration was expected to be completed in September, but the city said construction…

A bill moving through the Kentucky Legislature would make fluoride treatment of drinking water optional for local municipalities. Parliamentary Bill 141 would repeal a mandate that…

The treatment takes less than a minute and reduces the risk of tooth decay Cooperstown, NY — Bassett Healthcare Network is working to bridge preventive dental…

Researchers at the NYU College of Dentistry led CariedAway, the nation’s largest school-based cavity prevention study, to compare the use of silver diamine fluoride and traditional…

There is an invisible problem in dentistry: some dentists use “creative diagnosis” to perform unnecessary work to earn extra money. There’s no hard data on how…

A few weeks ago, I took my 5-year-old son to the dentist and learned that there is a new option for preventing and treating tooth decay…

Scientists have discovered a simple, low-cost solution for it the most common chronic disease among children: tooth decay.More than half of US children between the ages…

By DIANNE GLASSCOE WATTERSON, RDH, BS, MBADear Dianne,My boss went to a meeting and heard a speaker say that we should apply topical fluoride to all…

The Union County Board of Commissioners voted to remove fluoride from the water supply Monday. (Creative Commons)Union County votes to remove fluoride from waterThe Union County…