Researchers from UK universities review whether water fluoridation is still effective in the era of fluoride toothpaste.

Fluoride in toothpaste has largely prevented the need to keep adding it to drinking water, a major review has found. In February, the Government announced that it was planning to raise fluoride levels in the tap water of millions to improve the nation’s teeth.

The health benefits of fluoridated drinking water may be waning as Americans increasingly turn to using toothpastes and mouthwashes that already contain fluoride, a new review suggests. The research,

There was a time when adding fluoride to drinking water had very clear dental health benefits, but that time might have ended close to 50 years ago, researchers say. A study published by the Cochrane Collaboration found that before 1975,