and, we have politicians pushing for universal dental coverage. even the ford government recently expanded dental coverage for low-income seniors, because they realized that emergency room visits for toothaches were costing them a fortune. realize that: a government elected to run through the province's finances line-by-line concluded that seniors going to the emergency room for toothaches was a major public expense, and expanded dental coverage to deal with it.
the point of fluoridation is that it's a cheap way for the poor to avoid unnecessary dental visits.
it's quite baffling.
and, the people rejecting fluoridation are the same people railing against anti-vaxxers, or anti-mask advocates. you can look it up - it's almost 1:1. and, there's no irony in it.
a very simple thing the federal government could do to dramatically improve the dental health of low-income canadians would be to federally mandate fluoride in drinking water, to prevent retards on city councils from trying to save a few bucks. that is an easily enforceable first step that could be taken overnight, in the face of a universal dental system that has so many challenges in erecting that it may very well never happen.
and, while i'm concerned about public health rather than costs, no it's not an expense - it's a cost-saving mechanism. even doug ford has figured that out.