The costs and benefits of water fluoridation in NZ [PDF]
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
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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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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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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.
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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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Economic evaluations in water-fluoridation: a scoping review. [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2020 Background Community water fluoridation (CWF) is considered one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the twentieth century and has been a cornerstone strategies for the prevention and control of dental caries in many countries.
Mariño R, Zaror C.
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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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Emulation of Community Water Fluoridation Coverage Across US Counties. [PDF]
JDR Clin Trans Res, 2020 Introduction: Expansion of community water fluoridation has stalled in the United States, leaving 115 million Americans without fluoridated drinking water.
Curiel JA, Sanders AE, Slade GD.
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The CATFISH study protocol: an evaluation of a water fluoridation scheme [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2016 Background Tooth decay is the commonest disease of childhood. We have known for over 90 years that fluoride can prevent tooth decay; it is present in nearly all toothpastes and can be provided in mouthwashes, gels and varnishes.
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