Do you really need it?
Out of a population of about three-quarters of a billion, under 14 million people (approximately 2%) in Europe receive artificially-fluoridated water. Those people are in the UK (5,797,000), Republic of Ireland (4,780,000), Spain (4,250,000), and Serbia (300,000).
Most European countries don’t use it and we are fine.
I think it would be less important in a place with universal health care and dental care as kids would probably be brushing their teeth and get taken care of properly, but it’s more dire in North America than you would think. Canada doesn’t have free dental and America doesn’t have free health or dental whereas lots of European countries have universal healthcare.
whereas lots of European countries have universal healthcare.
Almost none of which include dental care.
They’re called luxury bones for a reason…
I’m from the Netherlands, we have healthcare but dental is usually not included and most people pay it themselves. You can include it but it’s usually more expensive than a normal yealy check-up.
Why do Americans and Canadians have bad teeth? Is brushing something people just don’t do?
but dental is usually not included and most people pay it themselve
Children under 18 are covered for almost all dental care under the basic Dutch health insurance and therefor free of charge.
https://iwcn.nl/living/healthcare/dental-care/
So you are wrong, you had free dental as a child, the fluoride is aimed at children who are not guarenteed that in the US, it varies state to state and depending on your income.
And if you look at Canada the province with the worst dental health is Quebec and it’s the only province where fluoridation is pretty much non existent.
But why is dental health so bad? Is going to the dentist very expensive? I don’t have dental insurance and I pay about a 100 euros to get my teeth checked and cleaned yearly. But for most people it’s about 50 for a normal check-up.
