National Governors Association Promotes Community Water Fluoridation

December 15th, 2015 Fluoride in the News, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

In an October 2015 paper, Health Investments that Pay Off: Strategies to Improve Oral Health, the National Governors Association (NGA) recommends that governors who want to address oral health needs should consider interventions with strong evidence of improving health outcomes, including community water fluoridation (CWF). Noting that tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood […]


New Oral Health Resources in Spanish

December 10th, 2015 Campaign for Dental Health News, Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care, Partners in Fluoride, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

The Campaign for Dental Health is pleased to announce its new Spanish language website: www.Spanish.ILikeMyTeeth.org. Find information on fluoride and preventing children’s tooth decay. A search function makes it easy to ask questions and find answers about fluoridation. Resources for parents, families, and health professionals are easy to download and share. Visit www.Spanish.ILikeMyTeeth.org, and please […]


Debunking Unreliable Claims: The “Harvard study”

November 17th, 2015 Facts about Fluoride, Partners in Fluoride, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Dr Brittany Seymour, assistant professor in oral health policy and epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, debunks unreliable claims about water fluoridation in this new video, providing much-needed information and context to the often misrepresented Harvard Study on fluoridation and children’s IQ. Critics of water fluoridation have successfully used the internet to circulate misleading […]


Doctors and Dentists are Parents Too – And They Support Community Water Fluoridation

November 16th, 2015 Campaign for Dental Health News, Partners in Fluoride, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Many people assume their community has fluoridated tap water, and, confident in the knowledge that it is safe and effective, are surprised to learn that the practice is sometimes called into question. Others have no opinion on community water fluoridation (CWF) until they go online and encounter the misinformation and anti-fluoride websites that are so […]


The American Public Health Association Salutes Fluoridation

November 6th, 2015 Fluoride and Public Health, Partners in Fluoride, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Community water fluoridation was featured prominently at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Chicago from October 31 to November 4, 2015. In addition to eight sessions and four posters on the topic, the meeting opened with the video Fluoridated Water – Tap Into It! from ilikemyteeth.org. Then, Kathy Lituri, […]


Water Research Foundation Supports Community Water Fluoridation

October 26th, 2015 What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Dental and medical organizations aren’t the only stakeholders who have examined the evidence and concluded that community water fluoridation is a safe and effective way to prevent tooth decay. Recently, the Water Research Foundation issued a report that focuses mostly on the health and environmental concerns that are circulated by critics of fluoride. They determined […]


CDC Cites Community Water Fluoridation among Effective Strategies for Preventing Tooth Decay

August 27th, 2015 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the National Governors Association and the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, has recently developed State Strategies to Improve Health and Control Cost tools and resources to provide public health stakeholders, governors’ offices, and Medicaid directors with specific, evidence-based population health strategies to integrate into […]


Network for Public Health Law Affirms CWF

July 23rd, 2015 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride in the News, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Following the April 2015 release of the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommendations, the Network for Public Health Law released an excellent issue brief on community water fluoridation (CWF). It provides a concise explanation of the history, process and public health impact of water fluoridation. It also examines how fluoride is […]


CDC Launches Oral Health Data and Promotes My Water’s Fluoride

May 12th, 2015 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care, Partners in Fluoride, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new database to track oral health information. Oral Health Data has replaced the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS), Oral Health Maps, and the Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health web sites. This new system will allow users to filter up-to-date data […]