Fluoride - Change History

Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

April 11, 2025

View change — Updated the Fluoridated Drinking Water section with new EPA information and updated the Health Risks from Excessive Fluoride section with a 2024 National Toxicology Program review.

June 26, 2024

Revised the Fluoride and Health section to correct and clarify some of the findings from reference 9 and from references 26 through 29.

June 17, 2024

Updated the Medications section and the Health Risks from Excessive Fluoride section to include new research.

August 15, 2023

Added two references to the Health Risks from Excessive Fluoride section, including a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review of fluoride exposure and neurodevelopmental and cognitive health effects.

August 8, 2023

Updated the link for reference #50.

April 26, 2022

Added text about the 2022 FDA rule on maximum allowable levels of fluoride in bottled water.

March 1, 2022

Added a link to the CDC’s “My Water’s Fluoride” webpage.

March 29, 2021

Linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and updated the associated text.