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Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

2024; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2024; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/14651858.cd010856.pub3

1465-1858

Zipporah Iheozor‐Ejiofor, Tanya Walsh, Sharon R Lewis, Philip Riley, Dwayne Boyers, Jan Clarkson, Helen V Worthington, Anne‐Marie Glenny, Lucy O’Malley,

Dental Erosion and Treatment

Dental caries is a major public health problem in most industrialised countries, affecting 60% to 90% of school children. Community water fluoridation (CWF) is currently practised in about 25 countries; health authorities consider it to be a key strategy for preventing dental caries. CWF is of interest to health professionals, policymakers and the public. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2015, focusing on contemporary evidence about the effects of CWF on dental caries.