Necessity of water fluoridation in Iran: A review on water fluoridation and prevention of dental caries

[Fluoridation of drinking water for prevention of dental caries].

Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries.

BACKGROUND Dental caries is a major public health problem in most industrialised countries, affecting 60% to 90% of school children. Community water fluoridation was initiated in the USA in 1945 and is currently practised in about 25 countries around the world; health authorities consider it to be a key strategy for preventing dental caries. Given the continued interest in this topic from healt...

Preventing dental caries through community water fluoridation.

Systemic effect of water fluoridation on dental caries prevalence.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the systemic effect of water fluoridation on dental caries prevalence and experience in Cheongju, South Korea, where water fluoridation ceased 7 years previously. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was employed at two schools where water fluoridation had ceased (WF-ceased area) and at two schools where the water had never been fluoridated (non-WF...

Patterns of dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation.

OBJECTIVES To compare prevalence and incidence of caries between fluoridation-ended and still-fluoridated communities in British Columbia, Canada, from a baseline survey and after three years. METHODS At the baseline (1993/4 academic year) and follow-up (1996/7) surveys, children were examined at their schools. Data were collected on snacking, oral hygiene, exposure to fluoride technologies, ...

Systematic review of water fluoridation.

OBJECTIVE To review the safety and efficacy of fluoridation of drinking water. DESIGN Search of 25 electronic databases and world wide web. Relevant journals hand searched; further information requested from authors. Inclusion criteria were a predefined hierarchy of evidence and objectives. Study validity was assessed with checklists. Two reviewers independently screened sources, extracted da...