dental caries

In a contentious age when public health debates often resemble cultural battlegrounds, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services has reignited old controversies.

It is no secret that modern high-sugar diets have systematically harmed humans’ dental health. Around a third of the global population suffer from tooth decay, despite the availability of effective, low-cost measures to prevent it.

In the interests of dental health, everyone knows it's important to brush, brush, brush — preferably with a fluoride-containing toothpaste — twice a day. And children should be taught to do so as well, even before their permanent teeth erupt.