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Fluoride is much smaller than hydroxide, so these particles fit better in the gaps between the phosphate ions. This creates a stronger and more compact crystal structure, called fluorapatite.

“Also, there’s a concern that it simply isn’t natural to put fluoride in the water, even though, ironically, the benefits of fluoride were discovered because it naturally occurs in many ...

The issue has to do with fluoride, a chemical naturally abundant in drinking water in Colorado Springs a century ago. The realization that fluoride could make teeth resistant to decay led to ...

College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China Department of ...

Now that two leading public figures have issued a call against fluoride in drinking water, what will that mean for Tallahassee? Both Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to ...

Communities in the United States have been adding fluoride to the water supply since the 1940s, and that effort has led to better dental health for millions of Americans. But even from the ...

Joseph Ladapo. Ladapo spoke against the long-held practice after Winter Haven commissioners voted 3-2 to remove fluoride from its water supply. At the meeting, officials said they want to hold a ...

Minnesota? Wisconsin? One look at the stunning array of fillings in my teeth said it all. As it happened, I grew up on well water in Wisconsin, in an area where glaciation had stripped groundwater of ...

Fluoride units at Pockwock Lake and Lake Major have been offline since May 2023 and April 2020, respectively. Repairs at Pockwock are to be completed this month and the unit should be online ...

A local dentist says Northland's oral health is in a dire state. Whangārei District Council has voted to reject the Ministry of Health's directive to add fluoride to its water supply. After over an ...

Whangārei District Council has voted to reject the Ministry of Health’s directive to add fluoride to its water supply. After over an hour’s discussion in front of a packed public gallery on ...