I'm back on tooth watch for @talkingpointsmemo.com 🦷 This story a case-in-point for how policy and internet conspiracy theories converge to change health behavior — like how people interact with basic preventative dental care.

How RFK’s War on Fluoride Is Taking Over the Dentist’s Office Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has maintained that the...

MAHA's fearmongering about water fluoridation is prompting people to reject topical fluoride at the dentist + fluoridated toothpaste, too.

This is pushing us towards “an impending oral health crisis," healthcare professionals tell @farrellbrenner.bsky.social

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My first for @talkingpointsmemo.com is out today 📰 The enhanced premium tax credits are no longer in the federal budget, but we will be paying for them in other ways in the long run.

More Kids Are in ERs for Tooth Pain. Trump Cuts and RFK Jr.’s Anti-Fluoride Fight Aren’t Helping. - KFF Health News Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for to...

This collab with @zhangela.bsky.social (our first for @kffhealthnews.org) was like trying to get to the heart of a never-ending artichoke. The more we peeled away, the more gaps we found in a patchwork, disjointed, underfunded oral healthcare system.