Molly Burke: This California city is fluoride-free. Dentists there worry about the trend spreading
"Dr. Dagon Jones, a dentist with Davis Dental Practice, said that while Davis doesn’t see particularly stark effects on oral health due to the lack of fluoride, many other places could if widespread #fluoridation is stopped.
'Community fluoridation primarily helps lower-socioeconomic-income children who really aren’t getting the best preventive care,' Jones said.
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Jones expects that if community fluoridation is stopped nationally, however, the broad oral health effects would be very expensive for government insurance programs like Medi-Cal, which offers dental coverage for eligible Californians."
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