Canada - Dentists won’t be participating in final two debates

Debate over?
Dentists won’t be participating in final two debates
By Bob Vrbanac, Chronicle Staff
Sep 15, 2010
Something will be missing from the final two water flouride forums in Waterloo — the dentists representing the pro side of the debate.
“We think the debate is over and we’re not participating in it,” said Dr. Harry Hoediono, the president elect of the Ontario Dental Association. “We were asked to provide scientific information and we did do that.”
A total of three community debates were proposed in the lead-up to the Oct. 25 plebiscite question that will ask the public: “Should the Region of Waterloo fluoridate your municipal water? Yes or No.”
The first one came in June and featured Dr. Ira Kershin, past president of the ODA, and Hoediono, a local dentist, who defended the practice first started in Waterloo in 1967.
They were initially challenged by Paul Connett, a PhD in chemistry who heads the Fluoride Action Network out of the U. S., and Peter van Caulart, who trains water operators in Ontario....................