Fluoridation Fails Texas

Despite a 71% fluoridation rate in Texas, " 53% of kindergarten students have experienced a cavity. Tooth decay for children at this age level is more common in low-income families. One in five kindergarten students in Texas has untreated decay. Oral health disparities exist in Texas, and this age is no exception. For example, Hispanic (58%) and Black (51%) children in Texas kindergarten classes are more likely to have experienced a cavity than White kids (46%)."

 https://txohc.org/communication/data-dashboard/community-water-fluoridation-report/

Fluoridation Fails South Dakota

 Despite a 94% fluoridation rate in South Dakota, "over half of children have experienced tooth decay, with higher rates among low-income, rural and tribal populations." https://newslj.com/oral-caries-prevention-south-dakota-challenges-and-opportunities

Fluoridation Fails Evansville, Indiana

In Evansville, Indiana, where the water is fluoridated, tooth decay is rising. "With tooth decay on the rise — 'Decay rates in our new patients are as high as I’ve ever seen them,...'”

https://evansvilleliving.com/ascension-st-vincent-mobile-dental-clinic/ "The need for dental care is great [in the US]: A three-year Centers For Disease Control & Prevention survey published in 2024 reported that nearly one in five children ages 6-8 years experienced decay in at least one baby tooth; in the same age group, that number rocketed to 50 percent with permanent teeth. The survey found children living at high or middle poverty levels are more than twice as likely to have untreated tooth decay." The US had a 73% fluoridation rate at the time of this survey.

Fluoridation Fails Shelby County, Tennessee

Despite fluoridation starting in 1970, total tooth loss increased in fluoridated Shelby County, Tennessee (home of Memphis), from 14.8% in 2020 to 21% in 2022

 https://healthiershelby.com/indicators/index/view?indicatorId=46&localeId=2558

Fluoridation Failed in the UK

In the UK, Wolverhampton, where the tap water has been fluoridated since 1986, "has the highest percentage of children with decayed, missing or filled teeth - at 42.7%" - British Dental Association, 1 Feb. 2024 https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/children-paying-the-price-for-dental-crisis/

Fluoridation Fails Arkansas

 In 2011, Arkansas passed a fluoridation state-wide mandate. Today (July 2025), “Sixty percent of Arkansas kids have received dental cavities,” Dr. Burke Soffee, founding dean of Lyon College School of Dental Medicine, said. “Which is a shocking statistic that certainly indicates that there is a need to break the cycle.” https://www.kark.com/news/health/lyon-college-school-of-dental-medicine-hosts-give-kids-a-smile-day-to-help-combat-arkansas-oral-health-crisis/

Fluoridation Fails Australia

90% of Australians are served fluoridated drinking water.

"A lack of oral health literacy among caregivers and access to dental services is driving tooth decay in young children, research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has confirmed, with early childhood tooth decay affecting nearly half of Australian preschool aged children. If left untreated, cavities and tooth decay can impact children’s quality of life, causing acute pain, sepsis and tooth loss, which could impact both feeding and speech development."

 https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/finding-the-root-of-tooth-decay-in-kids

Fluoridation Fails North Dakota

Despite its 96.5% fluoridation rate, 70% of North Dakota Kindergartners have tooth decay -  47% are untreated.  93% of American Indian/Alaska Native Kindergartners in North Dakota have cavities - 62% of it is untreated.

 

 https://www.hhs.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Oral%20Health/nd-pre-kindergarten-oral-health.pdf