Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

Iheozor‐Ejiofor, Zipporah; V Worthington, Helen; Walsh, Tanya; O’Malley, Lucy; Clarkson, Jan; Macey, Richard; Alam, Rahul; Tugwell, Peter; Welch, Vivian; Glenny, Anne‐Marie

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd010856.pub2

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Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Jun 18, 2015

Authors:

Zipporah Iheozor‐Ejiofor

Helen V Worthington

Tanya Walsh

Abstract

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 ...

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Water fluoridation

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