July 28th, 2015 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride
The Maryland Dental Action Coalition has released a list of 22 recommended children’s books on oral health. What a great way to increase information on oral health to families and introduce children to concepts like visiting the dentist and taking care of teeth. The list, developed by an interprofessional group that reviewed over 50 books, […]
July 24th, 2015 Fluoride in the News, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
In addition to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comments on the Cochrane Review of CWF, the American Dental Association (ADA) recently posted a press release and an ADA News story on the Cochrane Review on its Fluoridation Resources page. These highlight a number of the Cochrane Review findings and present them […]
July 8th, 2015 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Contributed by Qadira Ali Huff, MD, MPH Overview- Why This Matters: A picture-perfect smile falls just out of reach for many children living in poverty. Dental caries is the most common chronic childhood disease, and the burden of dental caries falls disproportionately on low-income and minority children (Dye et al. 2012). Children living in poverty […]
July 6th, 2015 Fluoride in the News
The Division of Oral Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published comments on the recent Cochrane review of water fluoridation. The comments include a detailed comparison of the Public Health Service (PHS) recommendation that was released in April 2015 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and […]
June 22nd, 2015 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride in the News
In October 2000, the U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force recommended community water fluoridation (CWF). In April 2013, the Task Force reaffirmed this recommendation and cited “strong evidence” of CWF’s ability to reduce the rate of tooth decay. A new review by the Cochrane Oral Health Group Review concludes that the introduction of CWF “resulted […]
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