Rebecca, fluoride has always existed in your water and always will.  Cessation of fluoridation does not cease ingestion of fluoride.  It simply removes the benefit we receive when we ingest fluoride in our water, and eliminates the  controls which strictly maintain the level of fluoride in water at a level far below the threshold of adverse effects.  Therefore, as can be clearly noted, there has been nothing accomplished by the uproar of fluoridation opponents except removal of the benefit and strict control over concentration level of the fluoride content of your water.  Any perceived "risks" antifluoridationists deem there to be from ingestion of fluoride  will still be there after cessation.

This is the danger of basing healthcare decisions on the opinions of activists who base their opinions on misinformation from activist organizations.  The entire population suffers as a consequence.

Steven D. Slott, DDS