(6 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salt Lake City – 5 May 2025
1. Various of a patient being worked on at dental office
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sasha Harvey, Salt Lake Donated Dental Services:
“Um, fluoridated water is the great equalizer. It really benefits everybody regardless of your age, gender, your ethnicity, your education level, your income level. It helps everyone. With the ban on fluoride, it is going to require behavior change and financial investment from the patients to continue taking fluoride supplements to take care of their teeth. And many of them will not even know that this ban has taken effect. So while fluoride in the water has been quietly reducing tooth decay for the last two decades, without it we are going to see a rapid decline in oral care.”
3. Various of a patient being worked on at dental office
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sasha Harvey, Salt Lake Donated Dental Services:
“Ingesting fluoride systemically helps the teeth that are still developing instead of only covering the topical aspect of teeth. So children are going to be disproportionately affected by this ban. You will see the results of this ban in 20, 30, 40 years when they’re adults and their teeth don’t have as strong enamel as they could have if they had fluoride in the water."
5. Various of patient filling up a glass of water and drinking it
6. Various detailed shots of Harvey’s office
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salt Lake City – 30 April 2025
7. University of Utah School of Dentistry sign
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. James Bekker, pediatric dentist, University of Utah:
“Any dentist can look in someone’s mouth in Utah and tell exactly where they grew up. Did you grow up in a fluoridated area or a non-fluoridated area? We can tell by the level of decay."
9. Tight shot of toothpaste and toothbrushes
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salt Lake City – 5 May 2025
10. Various of detailed shots in Harvey’s office
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salt Lake City – 30 April 2025
11. Dr. Bekker showing various teeth mounted in a frame
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. James Bekker, pediatric dentist, University of Utah:
“And this is very important for everyone to understand. There are no studies that are credible in our country that show detrimental effects of fluoride in an optimally fluoridated concentration. There are no studies that show any negative effects when it’s optimally done. And we feel that across the country, many who are going down this path are not paying attention to the accurate data. The data that they have is flawed."
13. Tight shot of a water fountain
STORYLINE:
With Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they’re bracing for an influx in tooth decay among the state’s most vulnerable.
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the law against the recommendation of many dentists and national health organizations who warned removing fluoride would harm tooth development, especially in young patients without regular access to dental care. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. applauded Utah for being the first state to enact a ban and said he plans to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation nationwide.
Fluoride fortifies teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the CDC. It’s especially important to children whose teeth are still developing. For some low-income families, public drinking water containing fluoride may be their only source of preventative dental care.
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