The Battle Over Water Fluoridation Comes to New York City: Organized dentistry is quick to respond to ill-conceived effort to end 60-year practice and vows to stay with it until the threat passes.

Authors

Lance Plunkett JD, LLM, NYSDAFollow

Keywords

Water Fluoridation, Public Health Law, Safety

Abstract

Water fluoridation has been experiencing its woes lately, beset by an adverse court decision, questionable science, collapsing federal public health priorities and public suspicion often fueled by hysteria. Against all this, New York City stood strong as a pioneering large municipality safely fluoridating its water since 1965 for the benefit of the public and reducing dental caries significantly over decades.

Recommended Citation

Plunkett, Lance JD, LLM (2025) "The Battle Over Water Fluoridation Comes to New York City: Organized dentistry is quick to respond to ill-conceived effort to end 60-year practice and vows to stay with it until the threat passes.," The New York State Dental Journal: Vol. 91: No. 6, Article 2.
Available at: https://commons.ada.org/nysdj/vol91/iss6/2