Kansas Dentist on Advocacy: “It was my duty.”

June 4th, 2024 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Communities Supporting Fluoride, Fight a Rollback Attempt

On Monday, May 13, the city commission in Abilene, Kansas, voted to reinstate water fluoridation after having voted a few weeks earlier to end the practice. The turnaround didn’t happen on its own. Local health professionals, spearheaded by Dr. Beatrice Brittan — an Abilene dentist — played a pivotal role in the commission’s decision to […]