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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How effective and cost-effective is water fluoridation for adults? Protocol for a 10-year retrospective cohort study [PDF]
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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Community Water Fluoridation in Focus: A Comprehensive Look at Fluoridation Levels across America. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Objective: This study reports on the number and percentage of community water systems (CWSs) meeting fluoride concentration standards set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Hung M +6 more
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Community Water Fluoridation Levels To Promote Effectiveness and Safety in Oral Health - United States, 2016-2021. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2023 Drinking water fluoridated at the level recommended by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) reduces dental caries (cavities) by approximately 25% in children and adults (1).
Boehmer TJ +3 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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Community water fluoridation and the integrity of equitable public health infrastructure. [PDF]
J Public Health Dent, 2022 Community water fluoridation is a population health program that is in a unique position to equitably prevent dental caries across all socioeconomic groups. A review of the 76‐year long history of community water fluoridation shows that the challenges to
Zokaie T, Pollick H.
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Awareness Survey on Community Water Fluoridation by Region
치위생과학회지, 2022 Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the pro-con of re-implementation by administrative areas and the difference in perception of community water fluoridation in implemented and non-implemented areas after the community water ...
Ye-Eun Joung +6 more
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of community water fluoridation for schoolchildren. [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2021 Community water fluoridation (CWF), the controlled addition of fluoride to the water supply for the prevention of dental caries (tooth decay), is considered a safe and effective public health intervention.
Cronin J +4 more
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Urinary Fluoride Levels among Canadians with and without Community Water Fluoridation. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Drinking water is a major source of dietary fluoride intake in communities with water fluoridation. We examined the association between urinary fluoride adjusted for specific gravity (UFSG) and tap water fluoride levels, by age and sex, among individuals
Riddell JK +4 more
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Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst RevBACKGROUND Dental caries is a major public health problem in most industrialised countries, affecting 60% to 90% of school children. Community water fluoridation (CWF) is currently practised in about 25 countries; health authorities consider it to be a ...
Iheozor-Ejiofor Z +8 more
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