<description>&lt;p&gt;Some communities in the U.S. are debating whether to remove fluoride from water supplies. And it's also happening in Canada. Officials recently voted to stop water fluoridation in Montreal's West Island. Dr. Gerry Uswak, a public health dentist and dental therapy professor at the University of Saskatchewan, explains how fluoride protects teeth, while addressing controversial research linking fluoride with a variety of medical conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For transcripts of The Dose, please visit:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-dose-transcripts-listen-1.6732281" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;lnk.to/dose-transcripts&lt;/a&gt;. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dose/id1498259551" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;click this link.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Some communities in the U.S. are debating whether to remove fluoride from water supplies. And it's also happening in Canada. Officials recently voted to stop water fluoridation in Montreal's West Island. Dr. Gerry Uswak, a public health dentist and dental therapy professor at the University of Saskatchewan, explains how fluoride protects teeth, while addressing controversial research linking fluoride with a variety of medical conditions. For transcripts of The Dose, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-dose-transcripts-listen-1.6732281" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lnk.to/dose-transcripts</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dose/id1498259551" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click this link.</a>

The Dose

What should I know about fluoridated drinking water?

What should I know about fluoridated drinking water?

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