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‘Horrific’ rise in children needing decayed teeth removed

The number of children in England undergoing hospital extractions for decayed teeth has seen a significant increase, new data reveals. For the financial year ending 2025, NHS hospitals performed ...
Ars Technica

RFK Jr.’s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost $9.8 billion

Once hailed as a triumph of public health, water fluoridation is now under intense attack in the US. Despite decades of data proving its efficacy at protecting teeth from decay—particularly children’s ...
MedPage Today

Ending Water Fluoridation May Cost Billions of $$ and Rot Millions of Teeth

Removing fluoride from public water supplies would cost nearly $10 billion over 5 years, a cost-effectiveness analysis suggested. In addition, the total number of decayed teeth was estimated to ...
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Association of Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth Score With the Risk for Buccal Mucosa Cancer, Stratified on Tobacco and Alcohol Use: A Multicenter Case-Control Study From India

Head and Neck Cancer in Suriname: An Epidemiologic Review of Clinical and Pathologic Features of Patients Treated Between 2009 and 2021 A total of 1,673 histologically confirmed cases and 1,601 ...
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Association of Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth Score With the Risk for Buccal Mucosa Cancer, Stratified on Tobacco and Alcohol Use: A Multicenter Case-Control Study From India

Head and Neck Cancer in Suriname: An Epidemiologic Review of Clinical and Pathologic Features of Patients Treated Between 2009 and 2021 Inclusion of DMFT scores in National Oral Health Program can ...