Fluoridation of drinking water.

[Fluoridation of drinking water for prevention of dental caries].

Fluoridation of Drinking Water and Subsequent Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Drinking water fluoridation: bone mineral density and hip fracture incidence.

The role of drinking water fluoride content for prevention of osteoporosis remains controversial. Therefore, we analyzed the influence of drinking water fluoridation on the incidence of osteoporotic hip fractures and bone mineral density (BMD) in two different communities in eastern Germany: in Chemnitz, drinking water was fluoridated (1 mg/L) over a period of 30 years; in Halle, the water was ...

Drinking water fluoridation and oral health inequities in Canadian children.

OBJECTIVES One argument made in favour of drinking water fluoridation is that it is equitable in its impact on oral health. We examined the association between exposure to fluoridation and oral health inequities among Canadian children.PARTICIPANTS, SETTING AND INTERVENTION: We analyzed data from 1,017 children aged 6-11 from Cycle 1 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey, a cross-sectional, na...

Water fluoridation.

AIM This was to present a summary of the evidence from systematic reviews of the effectiveness and safety of water fluoridation. METHODS A search for relevant systematic reviews was conducted using the terms Fluoridation [Mesh] OR "water fluoridation" OR fluoridation OR (water AND fluoride) and was run from 01/01/2000 to 17/10/2008 in Pubmed, Embase, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review...