US EditionHow Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban
- Starting Wednesday, Utah will become the first state to prohibit adding fluoride to public drinking water statewide, impacting roughly 1.6 million residents living in Salt Lake City and northern regions of Utah.
- Governor Spencer Cox approved the legislation despite concerns raised by dental professionals and health authorities who cautioned that eliminating fluoride from public water could lead to increased tooth decay among at-risk groups.
- Dentists in Salt Lake City have noted that a large number of their patients did not know about the fluoride ban and emphasized that using fluoride toothpaste alone is not enough to prevent tooth decay in children without additional fluoride supplements.
- Clinic director Sasha Harvey said effects will likely be visible within a year, and pediatric dentist Dr. Bekker recommends fluoride supplements even though over-the-counter access may take months or years to improve.
- The law shifts fluoride responsibility to individuals, requiring residents to actively manage oral health, raising concerns about worsening dental problems especially among low-income families reliant on public water fluoride.
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U.S. state of Utah prohibits fluoride addition to drinking water
In order to prevent caries in children, fluoride is mixed into drinking water in the United States. The state of Utah is breaking up with it. Governor Cox speaks of "compulsory medication by the government". He receives backing from Washington. From S. Jakish.
Utah’s ban on fluoride in public water is a simple change that raises complicated new health risks, experts say
Community fluoridation – considered one of the top public health success stories of the last century – has been banned in Utah, with a new law taking effect Wednesday.
First Statewide Ban on Fluoride in Public Water Begins in Utah
Utah is the first state in the union to ban fluoride in public drinking water, with the new law going into effect on May 7. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the legislation into law on May 1, banning the addition of fluoride into the water systems. The text of the bill, which was passed by the Utah State Legislature earlier this year, states that no person or government entity can introduce fluoride into the water systems. The governor didn’t…
Utah dentists are preparing patients for 1st fluoride ban
SALT LAKE CITY — With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they're bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state's most vulnerable…
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