Dr. Derek Song took the day off from his dental clinic in Burlington on Wednesday to urge Beacon Hill to support dentistry amidst threats to fluoridation and dental care coverage.

" Water fluoridation has been around for a number of years at a safe level, which is seven parts per million, which has been proven by science to be safe and effective," Song said at a State House advocacy event. Song and other dentists with the Massachusetts Dental Society oppose a bill presented by Rep. Justin Thurber ( H 2548 ) that would ban Massachusetts from putting fluoride in municipal water systems through fluoridation water additives.

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