Okotoks is still on the fence when it comes the subject of adding fluoride back into its water supply.

Town council tabled new information on whether to proceed with fluoride down the road, but is hoping a recent study will help guide them to a definitive "yes or no" choice on the matter.

At this point in time, council is not in favour of adding fluoride to the town's water supply after voting to remove it in December 2012.

Councillor Carrie Fischer says they need more information and studies show why they should re-implement fluoride.

"I think we're at a crux right now where this council is being asked to make a decision on fluoride again and we've heard quite clearly from Alberta Health Services that we are not capturing all of the children that are impacted by the decision to remove the fluoride," she says. "I don't feel I've been presented with information with the impacts of that decision."

Fischer says not enough information or data has been collected to show otherwise and why the town should put fluoride back in the system even with oral health clinics provided.

"Are we hearing from the dental community that cavities are up or that kids are struggling with this?" she says. "We've heard pretty clearly from Alberta Health Services that we are not reaching all of the kids through these clinics [and] we're not even reaching our 20 percent target because we haven't been providing enough dollars and appointment times to do so."

The Town will be exploring a fluoride study conducted by the University of Calgary to see if fluoride would be a valuable asset to them, but Fischer says Alberta Health Services needs to be more engaged in the issue.

"AHS has a role to play in this as well, because if they are recommending that fluoride happened for kids and that it is a better outcome for them in the long term in terms of their dental health, then I think the ministry of AHS or the minister's office needs to provide some direction on it."

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