In your recent article “Top dentist says no to fluoride in tap water”, the author quotes a statement made by dentist Mark Hepworth on Manx Radio to the effect that he uses fluoride therapeutically in his practice but disapproves of it in much smaller quantities in drinking water.

Your readers may have already spotted the inconsistency of this approach if it is indeed his.

This stance is very much in the minority as the chief medical officers of the UK have recently stated.

For a more balanced view on the topic, your readers might want to look at this site.

Dr Ray Lowry

BDS, MB ChB, DRCOG, FFPH

Retired doctor, dentist and academic

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This letter was first published in the Manx Independent of April 20.