A Maine lawmaker has introduced a bill to prohibit fluoride from being added to public water supplies, the Maine Morning Star reported April 22. Public water systems are legally able to fluoridate drinking water as long as they have voter…
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The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine has released new guidelines for the use of teledentistry with oral appliance therapy. The AADSM said April 22 that its goal is to help dentists who treat obstructive sleep apnea and snoring leverage…
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association and the International Federation of Dental Hygienists are advocating for the delivery of dental hygiene services exclusively by practitioners who meet certain qualifications. The two organizations released a joint statement April 17 stating that hygiene…
The Florida Senate has passed a bill preemptively preventing local municipalities from adding fluoride to water supplies, according to an April 16 report from Tallahassee Democrat. SB 700 would make Florida the second state to prohibit fluoride after Utah implemented…
A coalition of more than 200 health professional organizations and research bodies backed the safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation, according to an April 15 news release from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Here are five things to know:…
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The Trump administration’s healthcare platform, Make America Healthy Again, will create both opportunities and potential challenges for the dental profession and oral health, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Here are 10 things…
Dental organizations are continuing to back community water fluoridation as the future of this practice comes under threat at the federal level. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently told The Associated Press that he plans to advise the CDC…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to advise the CDC to stop recommending adding fluoride to public water supplies, according to an April 7 report from The Associated Press. In addition, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency will…
Many dental leaders in the U.S. were left scrambling after the Health and Human Services Department unexpectedly gutted the CDC oral health division as part of its restructuring plan. HHS employees began receiving dismissal notices April 1 as part of…
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to celebrate legislation banning water fluoridation during his upcoming Make America Healthy Again tour. Mr. Kennedy will visit Utah, Arizona and New Mexico between April 7 and 9,…