Dentists Stand Behind Water Fluoridation, Allege Kennedy Mispresented Meta-Analysis Results

By Amy Lotven / February 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
After HHS secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made it clear he is still open to axing the long-time recommendations on community water fluoridization (CWF) in his written answers to the Senate Finance Committee released late last week, the American Dental Association (ADA) is telling senators dental professions stand firmly behind CWF. The group alleges Kennedy misrepresented the science on CWF in the committee’s Jan. 29 hearing when he suggested a metanalysis published in JAMA found a link between...


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