Fluoride is a mineral. In Canada, fluoride is found naturally in our water, air, food and soil. Fluoride varnish prevents tooth decay in people who are at risk for the disease. Fluoride varnish should ...

Programs delivering fluoride varnish in schools significantly reduce cavities in children. That is a key finding of our recently published study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Fluoride varnish, easily and quickly applied to a child’s teeth, is an affordable and effective way to help prevent cavities.

Two pediatric doctors write that Florida’s new ban on fluoride in public drinking water will negatively affect all Floridians’ oral hygiene, but it will affect that of our children the ...

What to Do if Fluoride Is Removed From Your Water If fluoride is removed from your tap water, there are steps you can take to protect your teeth and your children’s teeth.

For reference, the U.S. Daily Adequate Intakes (AIs) for fluoride for adults are 3 milligrams for women and 4 milligrams for men. But what happens if you don’t get enough of this important nutrient?

Alberta Health Services offers a free dental screening and fluoride varnish for children aged 12 months to 35 months. Please call your local health unit to book an appointment.

Although exposure to topical fluoride can be achieved with fluoride varnish or fluoride toothpaste, fluoridating our water is an easy way to provide children from all backgrounds and socioeconomic ...

If fluoride is removed from public water systems, there must be a viable, equitable alternative, such as subsidized fluoride toothpaste, school-based varnish programs, or community dental sealant ...

What should you do now? Fluoride is especially important to young children whose teeth are developing and who may have relied on fluoride in the water as their only source of preventive dental care.

Varnish offers significant protection on its own, even without other fluoride exposures. It’s applied as frequently as every three months for children with high cavity risk.

Florida's fluoridation ban will cause many to turn back toward using fluoride toothpaste and mouthwash.