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Contemporary multilevel analysis of the effectiveness of water fluoridation in Australia

open access: yesAustralian 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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Characterization of the Early Surface Films Dynamically Formed on Molten AZ91D and AM60B Alloys Under Different Atmospheres: A Comparative Study

open access: yesIranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 2021
In the present study, the early stages of the surface oxidation and fluoridation of liquid AZ91D and AM60B alloys under ultra-high purity (UHP) argon, dry air, and air mixed with two different protective fluorine-bearing gases were studied.
Alireza Mirak
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Bioethical considerations about water fluoridation: a critical review.

open access: yesJournal of Oral Research, 2016
Dental caries is one of the oral pathologies with greater burden of disease in the Chilean population. Fluoridation of drinking water has been used as a caries prevention strategy. However, its application as a public policy has been questioned since its
María Elisa Quinteros
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The costs and benefits of water fluoridation in NZ

open access: yesBMC 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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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drinking Water Fluoridation in 12-year-old Children in the Biobío Region, Chile.

open access: yesJournal of Oral Research, 2021
Fluoridation has been shown to be an effective measure against caries in children. The present study evaluates the cost-benefit of the fluoridated water program for the reduction of dental caries in 12-year-old children in the Biobío Region, the only ...
Camilo Ulloa   +4 more
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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

open access: yesIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research
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.
Shiran Shemesh Nezihovski   +5 more
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The effective use of fluorides in public health

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005
Dental caries remain a public health problem for many developing countries and for underprivileged populations in developed countries. This paper outlines the historical development of public health approaches to the use of fluoride and comments on their
Sheila Jones   +3 more
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Necessity of water fluoridation in Iran: A review on water fluoridation and prevention of dental caries

open access: yesJournal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2014
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Water fluoridation is one of the methods for prevention of dental caries. The purpose of this study was to review water fluoridation in the world and in Iran, and its effectiveness in reported literature.
Nathan Cochrane, Hamidreza Poureslami
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Factors associated with dental caries experience and oral health status among New South Wales adolescents

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
Objective: To investigate the potential social and behavioural risk factors influencing the oral health of teenagers aged 14 and 15 years living in New South Wales Australia.
John Skinner   +3 more
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A Toxic System: Lord Douglas of Barloch and the Fight for ‘Natural’ Food and Water (1940s-60s)

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2018
This article presents the ideas of a post-war Labour peer, Lord Douglas of Barloch (1889-1980), and his campaign against the industrial food system. While histories of environmentalism in Great Britain have mostly focused on responses to pollution and ...
Arnaud Page
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