Address correspondence to: Barbara F. Gooch, DMD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Oral Health, 4770 Buford Hwy. NE, MS F-80, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717; tel. 770-488-6054; fax 770-488-6080; e-mail . Through this final recommendation, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) updates and repl...

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to support optimal systemic and topical fluoride as an important public health measure to promote oral health and overall health throughout life. Fluoride is an important element in the mineralization of bone and teeth. The proper use of topical and systemic fluoride has resulted in major reductions in dental caries and its associated...

46. Jacobsen SJ, O'Fallon WM, Melton III IJ. Hip fracture incidence before and after fluoridation of the publicwater supply, Rochester, Minnesota. American Journal of Public Health 83 743-745 1993.47. Suarez-Almazor ME, Flowerdew G, Saunders LD et al. The fluoridation of drinking water and hip fracturehospitalization rates in 2 Canadian communities. American Journal of Public He...

A recent cross-sectional dental caries survey of 4169 youths, aged 12– 19, in the US State of Nevada found an association between living in a fluoridated area and being caries-free or having a lower DMFT score. However, socioeconomic status was not directly examined, and only the proxy of having dental insurance was included. When compared with official 2004 data from New Zealand and two other ...

With the many changes occurring in Ireland it would seem an opportune time to review the body of research conducted and policy enacted in the Republic of Ireland on oral health services and oral health. The dental health of the nation prior to water fluoridation, the legislation and policy decisions impacting on oral health up to budgetary changes, and the production of evidence-based guideline...

Dental caries has affected the teeth of all nations, irrespective of geographic and bio-cultural differences. However in the past two decades the prevalence of caries has declined by 35-50% in most industrialized countries. Fluoridation of water probably played a major role. In India the incidence has gone up from 40% to around 80% during past four decades. Presumably rising standards of living...

BACKGROUND Cessation of community water fluoridation (CWF) appears to be occurring with increasing frequency in some regions. Our objective was to comprehensively review published research on the impact of CWF cessation on dental caries. METHODS We searched 13 multidisciplinary databases. Results were synthesised qualitatively and quantitatively. RESULTS We identified 15 instances of CWF ce...

Water fluoridation is a public health tool that protects against dental caries, however its correlation with aesthetics not known. Through an integrative review in the scientific publication Medline database, there were 115.856 articles when term "Aesthetics" was searched. Specifying searches, only 5 found related impact of on teeth. Despite importance analyzing possible contributions water to ...

Fluorine is the world’s 13thmost abundant element and constitutes 0.08% of the Earth crust. It has the highest electronegativity of all elements. Fluoride is widely distributed in the environment, occurring in the air, soils, rocks, and water. Although fluoride is used industrially in a fluorine compound, themanufacture of ceramics, pesticides, aerosol propellants, refrigerants, glassware, and ...

The objective of this ecological study was to investigate the association between caries experience in 5- and 12-year-old Brazilian children in 2010 and household sugar procurement in 2003 and the effects of exposure to water fluoridation and socioeconomic indicators. Sample units were all 27 Brazilian capital cities. Data were obtained from the National Surveys of Oral Health; the National Hou...