text: Thanks for asking. I've been trying to understand this too, David. If you read those links you'll understand that Delta Dental is in the business of selling fluoride, and to that end they provide free fluoridation metering systems, on condition they use them for at least ten years. In the short term that may actually boost dental outcomes for kids, but the potential harm to the community as a whole exists, as many others here have documented. So why not just provide fluoride varnishes for kids? If we can subsidize Boeing's hazardous waste disposal surely we can protect our kids teeth.
  
  I never said Delta profits from smoking cessation programs, and just because someone does something good doesn't mean everything they do is good. And I never said stopping smoking dumbs people down, so stop putting words in my mouth. That's called "lying."