Oral health is important throughout a person’s life. Fluoride exists naturally in nearly all water supplies. “Fluoridation” is simply adjusting fluoride to the best level that protects teeth from decay. Research shows that community water fluoridation reduces tooth decay by 18 to 40 percent. Water fluoridation provides dental benefits to people of all ages and income groups without requiring them to spend extra money or change their daily routine. By protecting the enamel of teeth, fluoridation makes it less likely that decay will develop into more serious dental problems that drive people to hospital emergency rooms where treatment costs are high.
Fluoride is one of many health interventions we benefit from each day such as Vitamin D being added to milk, Iodine to table salt, Folic Acid to breads and cereals and Chlorine to drinking water supplies and swimming pools.
More than 70 years ago, in January 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the world’s first city to adjust the level of fluoride in its water supply. Since that time, fluoridation has dramatically improved the oral health of tens of millions Americans. Community water fluoridation is the single most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proclaimed community water fluoridation as “one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.” Studies conducted throughout the past 60+ years have consistently shown that fluoridation of community water supplies is safe and effective in preventing dental decay in both children and adults.
Draft U.S. government report doesn't conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels
MO DHSS ODSH Safe Fluoridated Water SC
MO DHSS ODH Water Operators OC
Water is essential for our daily life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaHbnaapt2E
Essential for life
MO DHSS ODH Water Operators SC
New fluoridation tablet system to be deployed across US
Opinion: Community Water Fluoridation Protects Missourians’ Oral Health
https://themissouritimes.com/community-water-fluoridation-protects-missourians-oral-health/
Show Me About Missouri's Public Water Systems and Fluoride: Water Operators
Show Me About Missouri's Community Water Fluoridation
New Fluoride Technology Supports Rural Health
https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/publications/features/cwf-tablet.html
Green Bay scores touchdown for community water fluoridation
A great local community decision! Park Hills to continue fluoridation
During #ChildHealthDay, parents should know that both kids and adults benefit from drinking tap water with added fluoride. Most bottled water lacks enough fluoride to prevent cavities. https://bit.ly/3iluWHc
WHAT ABOUT FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER?
https://ilikemyteeth.org/what-about-fluoride-in-drinking-water/
Drinking Water
4 Reasons Water Is the Best Beverage for Your Teeth
https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/nutrition/food-tips/water-best-beverage
What is Community Water Fluoridation?
The Story of Fluoridation
https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/fluoride/the-story-of-fluoridation
Celebrating 75 Years of Community Water Fluoridation!
STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF OSTEOSARCOMA
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has issued notice about a funding opportunity for school-based teledentistry services! Learn more about this excellent opportunity to deliver teledentistry, a new and transformative way of delivering preventive and treatment dental services with greater efficiency.
https://mailchi.mp/90760fb9885a/from-dhss-school-based-teledentistry-request-for-application?
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has created a new Missouri Oral Health Plan for 2020-2025
https://health.mo.gov/living/families/oralhealth/pdf/missouri-oral-health-plan.pdf? or link from https://health.mo.gov/living/families/oralhealth/
Missouri Health Talks on the Current Status of Missouri Oral Health – from Intersection, KBIA 91.3 – with Dr. John Dane, MO State Dental Director & Gary Harbison, MCOH Executive Director
https://www.kbia.org/post/intersection-missouri-health-talks-current-status-missouri-oral-health-0
Why You Shouldn't Use Fluoride Free Toothpaste
Southern Missouri Town Stops Adding Fluoride to Water; Dentists Predict Tooth Decay
What Every Mom Ought to Know About Fluoride
Science says fluoride in water is good for kids. So why are these towns banning it?
Important resource from Campaign for Dental Health! Community water fluoride supports everyone’s health!
How Misinfodemics Spread Disease
Researchers are finding more and more that online misinformation fuels the spread of diseases such as tooth decay, Ebola, and measles.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/08/how-misinfodemics-spread-disease/568921/
To understand fluoride, you've got to understand the basics of tooth decay
Experts question benefits of fluoride-free toothpaste
Without good oral health, we cannot be healthy
https://stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/without-good-oral-health-we-cannot-be-healthy/
Is fluoride good for your teeth?
Children's teeth are paying the price for the cancellation of fluoridation in Calgary
Studies underscore efficacy of water fluoridation
Houston council hears opinions on fluoridation
Public Health England (PHE) has published its Water fluoridation: health monitoring in England 2018 report. The report finds evidence to support the safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation in reducing tooth decay, "especially among deprived communities."
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created the Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series designed to help health department programs strengthen services to people who use wells, cisterns, springs and other private drinking water systems.
WHAT ABOUT FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER?
https://ilikemyteeth.org/what-about-fluoride-in-drinking-water/?platform=hootsuite
Modern Miracles – 10 ways we beat disease over the last century - #4: Fluoride
https://fluorideexposed.org/fluoride-fluoridation-modern-miracles
Fluoride OK’d for Albuquerque water supply
https://www.abqjournal.com/1066713/fluoride-okd-for-albuquerque-water-supply.html
Albuquerque Reverses Water Supply Fluoridation Policy https://www.wateronline.com/doc/albuquerque-reverses-water-supply-fluoridation-policy-0001
City agrees to seek grant to update fluoridation equipment http://www.enewscourier.com/news/local_news/city-agrees-to-seek-grant-to-update-fluoridation-equipment/article_87f3dd5e-8228-11e7-a92b-13f6a98fbaec.html
Meadville, PA, Votes to Initiate Fluoridation http://ilikemyteeth.org/meadville-pennsylvania-fluoridation/
TN Health Department Encouraging Communities to Fluoridate Their Water Supplies http://wgnsradio.com/tn-health-department-encouraging-communities-to-fluoridate-their-water-supplies--cms-33133
Why Some Millennials Aren't Smiling: Bad Teeth Hinder 28% In Job Search https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2017/03/28/why-some-millennials-arent-smiling-bad-teeth-hinder-28-in-job-search/#1e5879dc59c6
Water fluoridation saves Americans over $6 billion in dental work http://www.cuanschutztoday.org/water-fluoridation-saves-americans-over-6-billion-in-dental-work/
Flouride Really Saved Our Teeth: Video from Campaign for Dental Health http://ilikemyteeth.org/learn-and-share/fluoride-really-saved-teeth/
No-Drill Dentistry: Fluoride Treatments Can Prevent Cavities In Adults http://www.npr.org/…/no-drill-dentistry-fluoride-treatments…
Calgary study suggests kids have more cavities without fluoridation of water http://www.theglobeandmail.com/…/calgary-s…/article28780465/