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Loc Do, Professor of Dental Public Health, The University of Queensland

Less than 75% of Queenslanders have access to fluoridated water – and it's putting oral health at risk

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Health-care professionals have recently called on the Queensland government to mandate fluoride in drinking water across the state, where water fluoridation coverage lags behind other Australian states and territories.

But what are the benefits of adding fluoride to our drinking water supplies? And why do more than one-quarter of Queenslanders not have access to a fluoridated drinking water supply, while most other Australians do?

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