Fluoridation Has Failed the United States

"According to the CDC’s 2023 oral health surveillance data, tooth decay affects more than 50% of children aged 6–11, making it one of the most common chronic childhood diseases"

"State-level data provides additional insights into coverage effectiveness. States with robust Medicaid dental programs and higher reimbursement rates show notably better pediatric oral health indicators. Minnesota and Vermont, which maintain comprehensive public dental programs, report childhood cavity rates 25-30% lower than states with more limited public coverage options".

 https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/why-dental-insurance-is-important-for-kids-oral-health-and-well-being/

 

Japan: No Fluoride & No Cavities

Japan study demolishes the basis for artificial fluoridation programs in the US by proving fluoride isn't essential for decay-free teeth. Fluoridation has been exported to other countries without being fully vetted by receiving nations. Everyone trusted the "other guy" to do the research.

"Japan experienced a near-continuous decline in caries among 12-year-olds over approximately 40 years, reaching a national mean DMFT [tooth decay rate] of 0.53 in 2023 - well below levels historically reported in populations exposed to systemic fluoride through community water fluoridation. This decline occurred without community water fluoridation [or any effective personal fluoride use]...Although sugar availability declined early, caries levels continued to fall long after sugar intake stabilized," according to ""A 40-year decline in permanent tooth caries among 12-year-olds in Japan in the absence of systemic fluoride-based prevention: public health implications"
This reflects the cumulative and synergistic effects of multiple modest changes in diet, early-life environments, health-system accessibility, and broader social conditions and represents a large-scale natural social experiment that highlights the additional pathways through which population-level gains can be achieved. “This analysis highlights insight that have long remained unrecognized – not because the evidence was unavailable, but because prevailing frameworks shaped what researchers expected to see” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-026-27836-w To compare, in the US, after 8 decades of fluoridation, 7 decades of fluoride toothpaste (at 1,000 ppm and above), a fluoride saturated food supply, and a glut of fluoride dental products (in higher concentration and forms) tooth decay is epidemic along with fluoride-overdose (dental fluorosis) which afflicts 70% of US children and adolescents https://sciencedirect.com/science/articl e/pii/S0147651321005510 US 12-15 year-olds average 3.5 DMFT, according to the CDC https://cdc.gov/oral-health/php/2024-oral-health-surveillance-report/ohsr2024-table-10.html