January 31st, 2023 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride, Partners in Fluoride
The Campaign for Dental Health provides numerous resources to help you understand fluoridated water and address questions about fluoride. As part of that, we like to highlight what our partners say about fluoride. One of our closely aligned partners, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), has much to say about fluoride and fluoridated water. […]
January 12th, 2023 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
Years ago, research papers suggested that calling attention to public health myths and then correcting them could produce an unanticipated “backfire” effect. In other words, people might be more likely to remember the myths than to recall the facts (corrections). This issue has major implications for health educators who promote community water fluoridation. Fortunately, more […]
December 15th, 2022 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Health Equity
There are proven community-level approaches that protect our teeth by preventing tooth decay. A new color-coded resource from the U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force summarizes its recommendations to reduce the rate of tooth decay and improve our oral health. Community water fluoridation is one of the strategies that the Task Force recommends. The Task […]
December 12th, 2022 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
Since 2014, the American Dental Association (ADA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) have all recommended that parents and caregivers use a rice-sized smear of fluoride toothpaste for children under the age of 3, to begin brushing with the very first tooth, and to do so twice […]
November 22nd, 2022 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
Founder of modern dentistry. Father of operative dentistry. The grand old man of dentistry. Greene Vardiman Black was born in 1836 and took an interest in medicine at age 17 but happened upon and settled into dentistry as a career interest when he was 21. After an apprenticeship that was typical of the time, he […]
November 10th, 2022 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
America has been preventing tooth decay with fluoridated water for over 75 years. Community water fluoridation is effective, safe and benefits everyone regardless of age or income. About 75% of U.S. communities enjoy fluoridated water. Until recently, concerns about fluoride and IQ were rarely raised. Opponents of fluoridation began focusing on IQ after the 2012 publication of […]
October 24th, 2022 Facts about Fluoride, Public Education Materials, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
The Campaign for Dental Health partners with many organizations that are committed to advancing oral health. One of those partners is the Association for State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD). ASTDD provides a wealth of information to support the programmatic goals of agencies working to improve the oral health of state residents. Much of this […]
August 29th, 2022 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
Fluoride can be used in a variety of modes to prevent tooth decay. Fluoride toothpaste, fluoride varnish and community water fluoridation are the leading ways this occurs. Recently, researchers have studied the environmental impact of all these methods. In a new article, four researchers report that fluoridated water “had the lowest environmental impact” of all […]
September 27th, 2021 Facts about Fluoride, Public Education Materials, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
Fluoride Exposed is the new host for Fluoride Science. FluorideScience.org – by the Center for Fluoride Research Analysis – is produced by an independent board of experts in the field. It has been an invaluable resource for topic summaries, critical appraisals, reviews, commentaries, and interviews on fluoride research. Last year, the site had gone down, and was without hosting. Fluoride […]
February 26th, 2021 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride in the News
A committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently completed its peer review of a draft research report and rejected its claim that fluoride is a neurotoxin. The review issued on February 9th marked the second time in two years that NASEM found this claim to lack sufficient evidence. The report […]
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