Americans and the American health care system has lost ALL credibility with respect to both dental health and overall health. Like W45 in post above, individuals in USA are more likely to simply blindly accept idiotic, non-evidence based statements put out by trade associations (ie the ADA), corporations and other special interest groups rather than actually read the literature or even a book on the subject.
The USA spends more than twice as much on so-called health care as any other nation and is in dead-last place (17th out of 17 among the wealthiest nations). That is one crappy return on investment but of course USA is #1 BY FAR in world in physician salaries. So those who work in health care of course love to defend the system. hah.
crappy USA health here:
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CPOP/DBASSE_080393#deaths-from-all-causes
bloated MD salaries here:
http://img.medscape.com/pi/features/slideshow-slide/compensation/2013/public/fig2.jpg
Dopey fluoridation policy is emblematic of how ignorant Americans truly are. (see prior post for graphic).
Message to USA: Wake up you sheeple!