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by seanmcdirmid 1116 days ago
I always thought anti fluoridation sentiment in Utah was related to them having the highest dentist count per capita. It’s the only state that I know of where fluoridation isn’t common.
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Dentists are the ones who are pro-fluoridation … at least it was a dental trade group that fought the release of this report (maybe they are funded behind the scenes by a different interest group)
The cynical position would be that dentists in areas without fluoridation have more work.
Maybe. At least the Dental academy and association of LDS Dentists thinks so:

https://www.deseret.com/2000/9/29/19531458/fluoride-brochure...

It was a weird position against back then similar to the anti-vax position today.