Three experts on fluoridation confer before a Houston City Council meeting Monday. From left: Steve Slott and Johnny Johnson Jr., American Fluoridation Society; and Dr. Paul Connett, Fluoride Action Network. 

It had all the trappings of a debate on a national stage: The country’s foremost critic of fluoridation and representatives of the national organization that promotes its use with a local medical community that has seen its benefits.

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