ReviewJournal of public health dentistry2022
Community water fluoridation and the integrity of equitable public health infrastructure.
Review in Journal of public health dentistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- From Evidence to Engagement: Understanding Online Resistance to Community Water Fluoridation for Public Health Communication-A Qualitative Study.Journal of public health dentistry · 2026Article
- Dental caries in permanent first molars: implications for health surveillance.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- SmilebrightMethods and protocols · 2025Article
- Content of cariostatic trace elements (F, Cu, and Zn) in the commercially packaged and public tap waters of Qatar.The Saudi dental journal · 2024Article
- Control of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents Using Fluoride: An Overview of Community-Level Fluoridation Methods.Pediatric reports · 2024Review
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- Effect of bottled fluoridated water to prevent dental caries in primary teeth: study protocol for a phase 2 parallel group 3.5-year randomized controlled clinical trial (waterBEST).Research square · 2024Article
- Community water fluoridation and the integrity of equitable public health infrastructure.Journal of public health dentistry · 2022Review
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Abstract
Community water fluoridation is a population health program that is in a unique position to equitably prevent dental caries across all socioeconomic groups. A review of the 76-year long history of community water fluoridation shows that the challenges to expanding this program persist despite continued evidence of its efficacy. We offer dental health practitioners an opportunity to share the evidence of this oral disease prevention program with the communities they serve. While dental caries is still the most prevalent chronic disease that disproportionately effects lower socioeconomic status communities, community water fluoridation continues to decrease cavities by 25% at the population level. COVID-19 has reaffirmed the importance of disease prevention and valuing public health infrastructure. There is a continued need for community water fluoridation to offer equitable access to oral disease prevention interventions.
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