Community Public Water Fluoridation Resources


Featured Resource Water Fluoridation:A Community Toolkit - from the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health 
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This toolkit is designed to assist local community advocates in supporting public water fluoridation. As an oral health advocate, the Coalition's "Water Fluoridation: A Community Toolkit" is your resource on the health benefits, cost savings and media outreach on fluoridation. The Coalition encourages you to use the toolkit as a you talk with friends, colleagues and opinion leaders within your community about community water fluoridation.

Additional Resources -
CDC Statement on the Evidence Supporting the Safety and Effectiveness of Community Water Fluoridation
Common Questions about Fluoride
Questions and Answers on 0.7 PPM Fluoride
Water Fluoridation (MO Department of Health & Senior Services)
Fluoridated Water - Tap Into It! (video from Brighter Futures Michigan)
Water Fluoridation: Many Still Don’t Receive Its Benefits (Pew Charitable Trusts)
Fluoride Is Effective: A Summary of the Research (ILikeMyTeeth.org)
Fluoridation Basics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Water Fluoridation Data & Statistics (CDC)
What Every Mom Ought to Know About Fluroide
10 Reasons to Fluoridate Public Water (American Dental Association)
The Facts About Bottled Water (American Dental Association)
The dentist’s role in promoting community water fluoridation (Journal of the American Dental Association)