March 4th, 2015 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Advocates of community water fluoridation (CWF) stand on a bedrock of science that has been decades in the making and is thousands of studies deep. So the growing disbelief in science and medicine is a troubling and dangerous trend. Two recent blog posts shed light on why people doubt and how beliefs are not easy […]
February 3rd, 2015 Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Most people don’t know that a leading cause for why recruits in both World War I and II were rejected from serving in the military was a lack of teeth. And, if asked to take a guess, many of us might venture that people’s teeth aren’t nearly as bad today. And they’d be right. But […]
December 4th, 2014 What the Experts Say about Fluoride
How do we know community water fluoridation (CWF) is effective? Because the research says so. We are talking about literally hundreds of studies, including those that examined the safety of fluoridation and its positive impact on reducing the tooth decay rates. The U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends fluoridation based on its review of […]
July 14th, 2014 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Contributed by the Children’s Dental Health Project When dentists and other health care professionals talk to patients about how to protect their teeth and gums from dental disease, they usually stress what people should do. But it is worth reminding ourselves what not to do. We all know the kind of damage that smoking does to […]
June 27th, 2014 Campaign for Dental Health News, Facts about Fluoride
The Campaign for Dental Health (CDH) is happy to announce that the How Fluoridation Works poster and graphic are now available in Spanish! This resource compliments the How Fluoride Works video that is also available through the CDH website. Cómo la Fluoración de la agua de Comunitaria Previene Caries Dental is now available for you to use and share. […]
June 13th, 2014 Partners in Fluoride
Jim Behmer, Director of the Salisbury-Rowen Utilities in North Carolina, published an article in the February 2014 issue of APWA Reporter (the American Public Works Association (APWA) magazine) on the importance of community water fluoridation as a safe and effective public health strategy for protecting oral health. Read more
April 10th, 2014 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
Among the many sound reasons to support fluoridation, there is one that is trumpeted less frequently than the others, perhaps because it sounds – well – pretty radical: community water fluoridation (CWF) is a powerful weapon in the fight for social justice and health equity. Evidence Supports Benefits of Fluoridation Anti-fluoridation activists frequently argue that […]
February 20th, 2014 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride
Contributed by the Children’s Dental Health Project Do your children drink bottled water instead of tap water? Then their teeth could be paying the price. Here is why. Fluoride is a mineral found in nearly all water supplies but usually at a level too low to prevent tooth decay. That’s why so many communities add […]
February 13th, 2014 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
A Science-Based Medicine blog post authored by a pediatrician and a dentist explores the role of non-dental providers in preventing tooth decay in children. The post states that “The goal of dentists, and ideally all pediatric healthcare professionals, is to prevent the development of caries in the first place.” The post also discusses the benefits […]
November 25th, 2013 What the Experts Say about Fluoride
In October 2012, Environmental Health Perspectives published an article entitled “Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” that noted “the possibility of an adverse effect of high fluoride exposure on children’s neurodevelopment.” Anti-fluoride groups often cite this finding out of context. Here are four important observations that the Campaign for Dental Health research team […]
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