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In the sketch, Sherman played Wood’s The White Lotus character Chelsea, donning oversized fake teeth and mocking her Manchester accent with a line dumbing her character down more in a conversation about removing fluoride from water and eating monkeys.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Was Mary Jo about to paint fluoride on my teeth?
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
An Illinois city with naturally occurring fluoride in its water was another point of comparison.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
In addition to whitening agents, the formula includes stannous fluoride, a specific type of fluoride that has antimicrobial properties to help target gingivitis, bad breath, and plaque buildup.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Was Mary Jo about to paint fluoride on my teeth?
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
An Illinois city with naturally occurring fluoride in its water was another point of comparison.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
In addition to whitening agents, the formula includes stannous fluoride, a specific type of fluoride that has antimicrobial properties to help target gingivitis, bad breath, and plaque buildup.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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fluoride
noun
flu·o·ride
ˈflu̇(-ə)r-ˌīd 
1
: a compound of fluorine with a more electropositive element or radical
2
: the monovalent anion of fluorine
fluoride
adjective
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