Oral care has gone in for a deep cleaning. The category, once primarily about cleaning teeth and freshening breath, has taken ...

While your focus has been on getting your teeth clean, some of the ingredients in your toothpaste might be making you sick.

A federal judge last month handed a major victory to opponents of water fluoridation, capping a seven-year legal battle over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect the ...

But manufacturers of enamel repair pastes are likely to base their claims around the particular formulation of their paste assisting with optimal uptake and absorption of the fluoride. Unilever’s ...

However, studies do not support this claim. For example, a 2021 study that examined the whitening effects of charcoal toothpaste compared to regular fluoride toothpaste found no difference in ...

Using fluoride in drinking water to improve dental health may be less effective now than it was in the past, according to a new major review. Ten per cent of people in England have fluoride added ...

Exactly what did the scientists discover? The studies of more than 5,700 children conducted before fluoride-fortified toothpaste became widely available in the mid-1970s found that adding fluoride to ...

The studies of more than 5,700 children conducted before fluoride-fortified toothpaste became widely available in the mid-1970s found that adding fluoride to water systems reduced the number of ...

In particular, toothpaste that includes fluoride has become widely available and more commonly used since the 1970s. In more recent studies, fluoride in water was linked to a difference of decay ...

The public health practice of adding fluoride to water supplies faces new scrutiny as a few recent reports raise concerns about potential health risks and suggest the benefits may not be as ...