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BDJ Open, 2021 Background Tooth decay can cause pain, sleepless nights and loss of productive workdays. Fluoridation of drinking water was identified in the 1940s as a cost-effective method of prevention.
Deborah Moore +5 more
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Feasibility and costs of water fluoridation in remote Australian Aboriginal communities [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2007 Background Fluoridation of public water supplies remains the key potential strategy for prevention of dental caries. The water supplies of many remote Indigenous communities do not contain adequate levels of natural fluoride.
Ehsani Jonathon P, Bailie Ross
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Water fluoridation and oral health [PDF]
Acta Medica Academica, 2013 Water fluoridation, is the controlled addition of fluoride to the water supply, with the aim of reducing the prevalence of dental caries. Current estimates suggest that approximately 370 million people in 27 countries consume fluoridated water, with an
Máiréad Antoinette Harding +1 more
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Facts and Fallacies of the Fluoride Controversy: A Contemporary Perspective [PDF]
International Dental JournalFluoride is a natural element recognized for its dental benefits. Fluoride prevents caries due to its antimicrobial activity, enhancing enamel resistance and promoting remineralization After decades of fluoridation of municipal water supplies to reduce ...
Lakshman Samaranayake +3 more
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Risk Assessment of Fluoride Intake from Tea in the Republic of Ireland and its Implications for Public Health and Water Fluoridation [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016 The Republic of Ireland (RoI) is the only European Country with a mandatory national legislation requiring artificial fluoridation of drinking water and has the highest per capita consumption of black tea in the world.
Declan Timothy Waugh +3 more
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The costs and benefits of water fluoridation in NZ
BMC Oral Health, 2017 Background Implementing community water fluoridation involves costs, but these need to be considered against the likely benefits. We aimed to assess the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of water fluoridation in New Zealand (NZ) in terms of expenditure
David Moore +3 more
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Municipality-level characteristics associated with very good quality water fluoridation in Brazil in 2018 [PDF]
Brazilian Oral ResearchThe aim of this study was to analyze factors associated with the quality of fluoridation in water supply systems in Brazil in 2018. An ecological study was conducted using official data sources on fluoridation provision and fluoride concentration ...
Lorrayne Belotti +2 more
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Enhancement of Fluoride Retention in Human Enamel Using Low-Energy Blue Diode Laser (445 nm): An Ex Vivo Study [PDF]
MicromachinesAim: This ex vivo study aimed to evaluate the effect of low-energy 445 nm diode laser irradiation on permanent fluoride retention in human enamel. Materials and Methods: Eighty caries-free extracted permanent human teeth were used to prepare 480 enamel ...
Melanie Namour +4 more
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Community Water Fluoridation a Cost–Benefit–Risk Consideration [PDF]
Public Health ChallengesFor over 70 years, the addition of fluoride to public water as community water fluoridation (CWF or fluoridation) with intent to prevent dental caries continues to be controversial, and risks are seldom included in monetary evaluations.
Bill Osmunson, Griffin Cole
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Contemporary multilevel analysis of the effectiveness of water fluoridation in Australia
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015 Aims: Water fluoridation was extended in Queensland, Australia, across 2009–2011. A research program was commenced to inform the rationale for and the outcome of this program, to estimate the effectiveness of water fluoridation in preventing caries and ...
Loc Do, A. John Spencer
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