The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called community water fluoridation one of the 10 greatest public health achievements in the 20th century. Earlier this year, Utah became the first state to ban fluoride. Florida soon will become the second.

As a Florida bill banning fluoride awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ approval, oral health advocates warn the move signifies a major public health setback.

Florida will become the second state in the nation to prohibit fluoridation of public water supplies, reversing decades of public health policy in favor of a new mindset that discounts