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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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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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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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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The effect of cessation of drinking water fluoridation on dental restorations and crowns in children aged 3–5 years in Israel – a retrospective study [PDF]
Israel Journal of Health Policy ResearchBackground Community water fluoridation began in the 1945 as a public health measure to prevent and control caries and was implemented in Israel in 1981.
Shiran Shemesh Nezihovski +5 more
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Updated consumer risk assessment of fluoride in food and drinking water including the contribution from other sources of oral exposure [PDF]
EFSA JournalThis updated risk assessment evaluated evidence on potential adverse health effects of fluoride related to all sources of oral exposure as mandated by the European Commission. Fluoride benefit assessment was not included.
EFSA Scientific Committee +34 more
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Control of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents Using Fluoride: An Overview of Community-Level Fluoridation Methods [PDF]
Pediatric ReportsThe maintenance of oral health is a crucial aspect of general well-being; however, a significant proportion of the worldwide population experiences a range of oral diseases.
América Patricia Pontigo-Loyola +9 more
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New Zealand drinking water should be fluoridated: No [PDF]
Journal of Primary Health Care, 2013 Atkin GM
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