Public Policy l Fluoridation Facts 103 1. Horowitz HS. The effectiveness of community water fluoridation in the United States. J Public Health Dent 1996 56(5 Spec No):253-8. Abstract at: https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9034970. Accessed October 26, 2017. 2. Buzalaf MAR, Pessan JP, Honorio HM, ten Cate JM. Mechanisms of actions of fluoride for caries control. In Buzalaf MAR (ed): Fluoride and the Oral Environment. Monogr Oral Sci. Basel, Karger. 2011 22:97-114. Abstract at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701194. Accessed October 26, 2017. 3. Garcia AI. Caries incidence and costs of prevention programs. J Public Health Dent 1989 49(5 Spec No):259-71. Abstract at: https://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2810223. Article at: https://deepblue.lib.umich. edu/handle/2027.42/66226. Accessed October 26, 2017. 4. Milgrom P, Reisine S. Oral health in the United States: the post-fluoride generation. Annu Rev Public Health 2000 21:403-36. Abstract at: https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10884959. Accessed October 26, 2017. 5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ten great public health achievements--United States, 1900-1999. MMWR 1999 48(12):241-3. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796. htm. Accessed October 26, 2017. 6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries. MMWR 1999 48(41):933-40. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4841a1.htm. Accessed October 26, 2017. 7. Jeffcott GF. United States Army. Dental service in World War II. Chapter VI. Operation of the dental service-general considerations. Medical Department. United States. Army. Office of the Surgeon General. Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. 1955. Available at: http:// history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/dental/DEFAULT.htm. Accessed October 26, 2017. 8. McClure FJ. Water fluoridation: the search and the victory. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Dental Research 1970. Available at: https://www. dentalwatch.org/fl/mcclure.pdf. Accessed October 28, 2017. 9. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Surgeon General urges adoption of fluoridation. Water fluoridation. J Public Health Dent 1983 43(2):185. 10. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral health in America: a report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health 2000. Available at: https://profiles.nlm.nih. gov/ps/retrieve/ResourceMetadata/NNBBJT. Accessed October 28, 2017. 11. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Surgeon General David Satcher. Statement on community water fluoridation. Office of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD 2001. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/guidelines/surgeons-general- statements.html. Accessed October 28, 2017. 12. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A national call to action to promote oral health. Rockville MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. NIH Publication 03-5303, May 2003. Available at: https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/DataStatistics/SurgeonGeneral/ NationalCalltoAction. Accessed October 28, 2017. 13. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona. Statement on community water fluoridation. Office of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD. 2004. Available at: https:// www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/guidelines/surgeons-general-statements.html. Accessed October 28, 2017. 14. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin. Statement on community water fluoridation. Office of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD. 2013. Available at: https:// www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/guidelines/surgeons-general-statements.html. Accessed October 28, 2017. 15. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy. Statement on community water fluoridation. (Video). Washington, D.C. 2016. Available at: https://www. youtube.com/watch?list=PL050E3432C9D6BE2B&v=VPEu00-gW2I. Accessed October 28, 2017. 16. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy. Statement on community water fluoridation. Office of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD. 2016. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/guidelines/surgeons-general- statements.html. Accessed October 28, 2017. 17. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. HealthyPeople.gov. Healthy People 2020. About healthy people. Available at: https://www.healthypeople. gov/2020/About-Healthy-People. Accessed October 26, 2017. 18. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. HealthyPeople.gov. Healthy People 2020. Topics and Objectives. Oral health objectives. Available at: https:// www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/oral-health/ objectives. Accessed October 26, 2017. 19. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Community Water Fluoridation. Fluoridation statistics. 2014. Available at: https://www.cdc. gov/fluoridation/statistics/2014stats.htm. Accessed October 26, 2017. 20. The Community Guide. About the community guide. Available at: https:// www.thecommunityguide.org/about/about-community-guide. Accessed October 26, 2017. 21. The Community Guide. Dental Caries (Cavities): Community Water Fluoridation. Snapshot. Available at: https://www.thecommunityguide. org/findings/dental-caries-cavities-community-water-fluoridation. Accessed October 26, 2017. 22. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Promoting and enhancing the oral health of the public: HHS oral health initiative. 2010. Available at: www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/oralhealth/hhsinitiative.pdf. Accessed October 26, 2017. 23. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Surgeon General. National Prevention Council. National prevention strategy. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press. 2011. Available at: https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/priorities/prevention/strategy/index. html. Accessed October 28, 2017. 24. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Advancing oral health in America. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press. 2011. Available at: http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/reports/2011/advancing- oral-health-in-america.aspx. Accessed October 26, 2017. 25. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy people.gov. Healthy People 2020. Disparities. Available at: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation- health-measures/Disparities. Accessed October 26, 2017. 26. Watt RG. From victim blaming to upstream action: tackling the social determinants of oral health inequalities. Community Dental Oral Epidemiology 2007 35(1):1-11. Abstract at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/17244132. Accessed October 26, 2017. 27. Locker D. Deprivation and oral health: a review. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2000 28(3):161-9. Abstract at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/10830642. Accessed October 26, 2017. 28. Burt BA. Fluoridation and social equity. J Public Health Dent 2002 62(4):195-200. Abstract at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/12474623. Accessed October 24, 2017. 29. Cho HJ, Lee HS, Paik DI, Bae KH. Association of dental caries with socioeconomic status in relation to different water fluoridation levels. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2014 42(6):536-42. Abstract at: https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24890821. Accessed October 26, 2017. 30. McGrady, M.G., Ellwood RP, Maguire A, Goodwin M, Boothman N, Pretty IA. The association between social deprivation and the prevalence and severity of dental caries and fluorosis in populations with and without water fluoridation. BMC Public Health 2012 12:1122-39. Abstract at: https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272895. Article at: https://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543717. Accessed October 26, 2017. 31. Jones CM, Worthington H. Water fluoridation, poverty and tooth decay in 12-year-old children. J Dent 2000 28(6):389-93. Abstract at: https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10856802. Accessed October 26, 2017. Public Policy References