Dental fluorosis crisis in Naivasha deepens amid calls for better water

A dentist at Naivasha sub-county referral hospital attends to a minor with teeth complications in the facility where 95 percent of patients treated in the dental department suffer from fluorosis. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Naivasha MP Jane Kihara has challenged the government to keep its promise of supplying the town with fluoride-free water from Nyandarua County as one of addressing the issue of brown teeth and weak bones.

The MP termed fluoride-free water as a better gift to residents compared to the multi-million dollar affordable housing project being undertaken in the lakeside town.