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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.
Bailie, Ross, Ehsani, Jonathan P.
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The costs and benefits of water fluoridation in NZ

BMC Oral Health, 2017
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 and ...
David Moore, M. Poynton, J. Broadbent, W. Thomson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Fluoridation

Australasian Orthodontic Journal, 1968
Davies G. N.
openaire   +3 more sources

Facts and Fallacies of the Fluoride Controversy: A Contemporary Perspective. [PDF]

Int Dent J
Fluoride 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 ...
Samaranayake L, Porntaveetus T, Tsoi J, Tuygunov N.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Municipality-level characteristics associated with very good quality water fluoridation in Brazil in 2018. [PDF]

Braz Oral Res
The 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 ...
Belotti L, Paulino CM, Frazão P.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Community Water Fluoridation a Cost-Benefit-Risk Consideration. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
For 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.
Osmunson B, Cole G.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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]

Isr J Health Policy Res
Background Community water fluoridation began in the 1945 as a public health measure to prevent and control caries and was implemented in Israel in 1981.
Nezihovski SS, Findler M, Chackartchi T, Mann J, Haim D, Tobias G.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fluoridation Falsified [PDF]

BMJ, 1964
A. J. Dalzell-Ward
openalex   +6 more sources

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, Denis Martin O’Mullane   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Sub-lethal Concentrations of Sodium Fluoride on the Number and Diameters of Ovarian Follicles

Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2021
Fluoride was the first compound utilized in the fluoridation of drinking water, and still used today to prevent dental caries. Sodium fluoride exerts it toxic effects on different organs. Ovarian follicle considered as the fundamental unit of ovary.
Hadeel, B. AL-Sabaawy, Bushra, I. AL-Kaisie   +1 more
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