Although fluoride in water and in supplements for children is endorsed by leading medical and dental associations, there long has been opposition to it.

Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.

NEW YORK, May 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. health regulators have announced they are beginning to remove ingestible fluoride supplements for children from the market, the latest move by Health Secretary ...

U.S. health regulators announced they are beginning to remove ingestible fluoride supplements for children from the market, the latest move by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

In Utah, for example, state health officials released guidance this month urging residents to learn more about fluoride supplements after municipal water systems were banned from adding the ...

The U.S. health secretary has railed against the fluoridation of drinking water, referring to fluoride as a "dangerous neurotoxin." ...

Most municipalities don’t do it, but a few of the largest ones of all do. But that local choice — a principle espoused in ...

By Dani Blum The Food and Drug Administration will work to pull fluoride supplements for children from the market, the agency announced Tuesday. The move comes at the same time as a wave of bills ...

Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is seeking to remove prescription fluoride supplements for kids from the market. These are fluoride tablets, drops or lozenges that are recommended ...

A decades-old dental health treatment may soon vanish in the United States. Access to fluoride supplements, prescribed to prevent cavities in children without access to fluoridated water ...

The FDA said that it's pulling prescription fluoride supplements for kids from the market. Dentists and pediatricians say the ban would remove an important tool they use for preventing cavities.