When the Food and Drug Administration needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of expert ...

Dr. Todd Ellerin of South Shore Health answers questions about fluoride safety, its benefits in drinking water, risks of overuse in children and who may need prescription supplements.

Prescription fluoride supplements that are available to children in the US in tablet and drop form are not formally FDA-approved, but are also well below recommended levels.

A newly obtained consultant report sheds light on some additional concerns at the Water Treatment Plant that state officials believe played a role in what went wrong in a May boil advisory.

Despite dentists' impassioned arguments for fluoride supplements, the FDA is likely to ban them this year.

Ingestible fluoride is under fire by the FDA. Dentists are pushing back.

Fluoride does more than just prevent cavities—it actually strengthens teeth before they even come in. James Bekker, DMD, a pediatric dentist at University of Utah Health, explains how fluoride ...

An FDA panel meeting featured a heated dialogue over whether fluoride supplements could pose health risks to children. Here's what experts are saying.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary warned that the chemicals making up the fluoride being used in drinking water could be ‘carpet-bombing’ the organs of American ...

“Utah’s fluoride ban marks a pivotal moment in our nation’s public health history — one that risks reversing decades of progress in dental health equity,” writes Susan Nowell in an op-ed.

The Trump administration is inching closer to banning fluoride tablets and drops often prescribed to kids who don’t have access to fluoridated drinking water.