The Fluoridation Controversy
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Fluoridation of drinking water supply has been hailed as one of the top ten public health achievements of the twentieth century. At an optimal level of 1.0 ppm, it is considered the most costeffective, safe and efficient strategy of reducing dental decay in all social strata of the community. The anticariogenic mechanism of fluoride does not differentiate between the benefits of topical fluoride or
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Observations of the content in the article “ Water Fluoridation ” in Wikipedia , 16 Mar 2010
I found that reading this article and many of the references cited gave me a good overview of the history and scope of the controversy surrounding water fluoridation. Overall, the article has a moderate majority of cited material that is pro-fluoridation. However, many references are anti-fluoridation. The tone of most of the article is that the quality of the supporting information on both sid...
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