Recent Examples on the WebThat fluoride needs time to sit on your teeth and do its thing.—Drew Schwartz, SELF, 10 Feb. 2023 For instance, a fluoride-free toothpaste might leave you — or your kids — with a mouthful of cavities.—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2019 Adults should use a toothpaste that contains at least 1,450 parts per million (ppm) fluoride.—Bianca London, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2023 However, fluoride can only do so much due to its limited ability to reach the depth of the enamel.—Felicity Carter, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023 Unsubstantiated claims about potential dangers of fluoride have circulated for decades and prompted waves of debate before the Anchorage Assembly in the 1990s.—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023 Unsubstantiated claims about potential dangers of fluoride have circulated for decades and prompted waves of debate before the Anchorage Assembly in the 1990s.—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 7 Feb. 2023 The addition of fluoride to public drinking water systems has been routine in communities across the United States since the 1940s and 1950s.—Lisa Rathke, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2022 According to the World Health Organization, concentrations of fluoride are usually kept to around 1 part per million.—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2016 See More
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