With fluoridation, it’s easy. Nearly every reputable organization that has studied fluoridation concludes that it is safe, natural and effective. These sources include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, the American Dental Association and nearly all health and disease management organizations.
To make sure you’re getting factual information from reputable sources, review the full list of endorsing organizations.
Scientific Reviews: Assessing the Weight of the Evidence
Reviews of scientific literature are an important resource to judge the safety of community water fluoridation. Scientific reviews are helpful because they:
Consider evidence from published studies on a subject.
Use carefully-designed methods to critically examine scientific evidence.
Use national and international panels of experts in various health and scientific disciplines. This includes experts that may come from fields outside of oral health; such as, medicine, biophysics, chemistry, toxicological pathology, and epidemiology.
Judge the quality of individual studies and summarize the strength of the entire body of evidence.
Identify and summarize research gaps and make recommendations for further research.
Scientific and pubic health organizations have conducted scientific reviews about fluoridation during the past two decades. These reviews provide compelling evidence that community water fluoridation is a safe and effective method for reducing tooth decay across all ages.
To learn more about the research on the health effects of fluoridation, review the sources.
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