Mar 23, 2025 | Cost Savings, Research
The most comprehensive study of US community water fluoridation program benefits and costs was published in 2001. This study provides updated estimates using an economic model that includes recent data on program costs, dental caries increments, and dental treatments....
Feb 17, 2025 | IQ, Refutes of Claims of Adverse Effects, Research
Jayanth V. Kumar, Mark E. Moss, Honghu Liu, Susan Fisher-Owens Abstract Objectives Previous meta-analyses have mainly focused on studies conducted in endemic fluorosis areas with relatively high fluoride concentrations. These are impoverished rural communities...
May 13, 2019 | Effectiveness
Breastfeeding is important for health and development. Yet, the interaction between breastfeeding duration and usage of fluoridated water on caries experience has not been investigated. This study examined exposure to fluoridation as an effect modifier of the...
