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Fluoride Fears: Why Your Client May Say ‘No’ to This Decades-old Treatment

Marley — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:19:49 +0000

In the dental industry, there is no older friend than fluoride. This naturally occurring mineral has been widely researched as an additive in drinking water

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Fluoride to be Added Back in to Windsor, Tecumseh, LaSalle Water Systems

Marley — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:00:24 +0000

After years without fluoride, parts of Windsor-Essex will have the mineral added back into drinking water systems Wednesday. This week, residents in Windsor, Tecumseh and LaSalle will

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Calgary to Reintroduce Fluoride to Water Following City Council Vote

Marley — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:13:05 +0000

Fluoride is going back in Calgary water following a Monday decision at city hall. That decision follows a plebiscite question in the October municipal election

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Calgarians Vote Yes to Fluoride in City Water Supply

Marley — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:42:20 +0000

Calgarian have voted to add fluoride back to the city’s water supply. “I’m thrilled,” said Juliet Guichon, a University of Calgary medical bioethicist and the

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University of Calgary Students Urge ‘Yes’ Vote on Fluoridation in Fall Election

Marley — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:08:59 +0000

Some University of Calgary students are urging other students to vote in favour of restoring fluoride in the city’s drinking water in this fall’s election. Fluoride naturally

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Studying Fluoride’s Effect on Lead Leaching Will Delay Re-introduction 12 Months in Windsor

Marley — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:11:06 +0000

The controversial re-introduction of fluoride will be delayed 12 months while experts operate a miniature mock-up of the water system to test for possible increased

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Prenatal Exposure to Fluoride Linked to Lower IQ Levels

Krysten McCumber — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:15:36 +0000

For years, many communities have added fluoride to drinking water to help reduce cavities. But a new study that has found a link between fluoride

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Sacramento Dentists Having Physicians Apply Fluoride

Krysten McCumber — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:01:36 +0000

LIBERTY Dental Plan continues to innovate and be a champion for whole health by partnering with the Center for Oral Health, Health Net Dental, Access Dental

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Are the silos between medicine and dentistry coming down?

Kahaliah Richards — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:10:01 +0000

Very recently, there have been 2 announcements in the US about training physicians and nurse practitioners to look after oral health problems. The first announcement

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Why do we fluoridate water? Isn’t it dangerous?

Kahaliah Richards — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:00:29 +0000

Fluoridation – the addition of fluoride to municipal water supplies to prevent dental caries – is one of great public health achievements of the 20th

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