From Townsville Bureau
A major, recent study of the teeth of thousands of schoolchildren across Queensland has found rates of tooth decay have decreased since water fluoridation was introduced.
In 2007 a study of Townsville children from low socio-economic, indigenous, new immigrant and socially-disadvantaged families was commenced to help prevent tooth decay with a mouth rinse.
It should be noted that Townsville has had fluoridated water since 1965 which obviously had not helped remove tooth decay in 2007, yet a Cairns dentist today claimed the recent study of 7700 children with access to fluoridated water had proven fluoride helped prevent dental caries.
Cairns Regional Council wisely voted to keep fluoride out of its water supply in December 2024.
Cairns dentist Dr Harry Robertson told the ABC the recent study of children aged between 5 and 14 had shown those with access to fluoridated water had 30 per cent less decay than those without access.
Dr Robertson was quick to point out there were no side effects from fluoride in drinking water yet his claim is at odds with research published by the prestigious British medical journal Lancet.
In the Lancet report, researchers note that neurodevelopmental disabilities, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other cognitive impairments, are now affecting millions of children worldwide in what they describe as a “pandemic of developmental neurotoxicity.”
The Lancet Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 3, in the March 2014 edition, by authors Dr. Phillippe Grandjean and Philip J. Landrigan, MD. The report can be viewed by clicking here.
Dr Robertson’s claim is further confounded by the US Department of Health and Human Services which is currently promoting the removal of fluoride from all American drinking water supplies due to health concerns.
It is not known which socio-economic groups the recent study looked at but the good doctor should be aware that trying to poison the population with industrial-waste flourine after-the-fact was counter-productive when the Australian Dental Association and the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service should be advocating prevention rather than hoping for a cure.
Does Dr Robertson know that a large majority of indigenous children from the Tip of Cape York to Townsville do not own a toothbrush or do they brush their teeth?
Any of the multitude of Aboriginal health services operating in this wide region would verify this often heard anecdotal evidence from their staff.
Why doesn’t the ADA pounce on dietary causes of tooth decay among all of the demographic instead of trying to get the populace to ingest toxic fluoride?
Coca-cola and most other soft drinks are the main staple from Aboriginal community stores where there are lashings of lollies and sweetened confectionery available which play a major part in children’s diets and tooth decay.
Dentists like doctors would be aware of the genocidal results of mRNA Covid vaccines still being promoted by the Australian Medical Association while millions are suffering multiple adverse effects of the gene-altering injection.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-14/qld-ambulance-ramping-rates-worst-on-record/105771576
The AMA and ADA should be examining why Cairns Base Hospital and the entire state have been experiencing record-breaking ambulance ramping at emergency wards with thousands of mRNA vaccine damaged patients trying to get medical help for heart attacks, strokes, blood clotting, myocardosis and neurological symptoms occurring only in such magnitude since the advent of Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA Covid shots in 2021.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/qld-fluoride-water-tooth-decay-study-rates-plummet/105888306
