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 […]
January 24th, 2019 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride, Infographics
The Campaign for Dental Health (CDH) is happy to announce that the How Fluoridation Works poster and graphic have been updated with new images and are available in both Spanish and English! And now a new format is available that allows for printing of full-size, 18×24 posters! These resources compliment the How Fluoride Works video that is also […]
June 21st, 2018 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride
Guest Blog Post by Lourdes M. Secola, DMD, MScD, DDS, Cert.PH West Maple Pediatric Dentistry. Omaha, NE Dental caries – known to most of us as tooth decay – continues to be the most common preventable disease of childhood. And the poorer you are, the worse your dental disease is likely to be. When that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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