Well, some lawmakers in Kentucky are questioning the value of fluoride in our drinking water.

House Bill 141 would remove the mandate that public water systems add the mineral to their tap water.

The Kentucky Dental Association opposes such a move.

If we remove the fluoride from the water, everyone admits that we will see an increase in decay.

It won't be immediate because these are the children with developing teeth.

You're talking about the two three, four year olds that are ingesting the water where it has the biggest effect, the largest primary effect of their forming teeth.

And it will be as they age in those permanent teeth erupt that we will see the effects of removing fluoride.

Another dentist testified in support of the bill, saying fluoride in drinking water does not provide the benefits we might expect.

Saying it works topically and doesn't need to be ingested.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fluoride and drinking water reduces cavities by 25% in children and adults and is one of the greatest public health measures of the 20th century.

The bill's sponsor and committee members say local governments should decide this for themselves.

My bill does not remove four out from the water, nor does it ask people to remove the foreign.

An increasing concern I have that government says to you, even though you don't want this, I don't think it's good for you.

We think it's good.

Good for you.

So you have to get it anyway.

They actually spend extra money to filter the fluoride out of my water because I have a fluoride sensitivity in terms of my stomach.

But I imagine there's a lot more people out there like that.

According to the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition, two out of five Kentucky adults haven't seen a dentist in the past year.

Kentucky's seniors are also more likely to not have their natural teeth than seniors and any other state.