...two other major players in the fluoride fight, attorney Graham, who now lives in Canada, and pro-fluoride dentist Jack Echternacht, who died in 2006 at the age of 88. Graham was the right choice as the city's special counsel, said Wallin...

Sometimes it could get a little lonesome being a fluoride proponent in the Brainerd area. Photos Dentists Jack Echternacht and Bob Uppgaard argued for fluoridation but saw few of their colleagues publicly support them. "Very few...

...interview last week at his Gull Lake home. "It was the greatest thing that ever happened to dentistry." Retired dentist Jack Echternacht reflected last week on Brainerd's long struggle against fluoridation of the city's water supply. Echternacht...