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The Fluoride Controversy

27 Nov 2024

The nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services is a travesty. His ideas about vaccination, raw milk, hyperbaric oxygen, HIV, Wi-Fi and COVID fly in the face of...

Reports of the Death of Dental Cavities Are Greatly Exaggerated

17 May 2024

If I asked you to name the most common chronic disease in children, what would you say?

To Drill or Not to Drill, That Is the Question

1 May 2019

Aaah, those leisurely Saturday mornings. More recently, mine began over coffee while perusing through the latest edition of the OSS weekly digest. Being a dentist, I’m always on the lookout for...

What element derives its name from the Latin word for “flow?”

20 Mar 2017

Fluere is the Latin word for flow and provides the root for the name of the element we know as fluorine. One of the common naturally occurring sources of fluorine is the mineral calcium fluoride,...

The Fluoride Controversy

20 Mar 2017

What is the most common disease in the world?  Infections probably come to mind.  Or heart disease, or cancer, or perhaps even AIDS.  Actually, it is the common cold!  And what comes in second?

Fluoride and IQ

20 Mar 2017

One thing everyone agrees on when it comes to the addition of fluoride to drinking water is that the issue stirs up emotions, both pro and con. But the question should not be based on emotion, it...

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