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Recent Fluoridation Issues

The ADA has endorsed fluoridation of community water supplies as safe and effective for preventing tooth decay since 1950. Items in this section address emerging issues related to community water fluoridation.

ADA Comments on the Cochrane Review

  • Community Water Fluoridation is Effective at Preventing Cavities (Press Release)
  • Research review contends fluoride in water is less effective than in 1970s (ADA News Article)

Fluoridation and Neurotoxicity/IQ

  • Early Childhood Exposures to Fluorides and Child Behavioral Development and Executive Function: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study (2023) (PDF)
  • Fluoride and IQ: Comment from a well-known Yale neurologist, Steven Novella, MD (2023) (PDF)
  • Letter from Three Harvard Deans on Support for Fluoridation (PDF)

Comments on Cochrane Review

  • CDC Comments on Cochrane Review of Water Fluoridation for the Prevention of Dental Caries (PDF)
  • Critique of the review of 'Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries' published by the Cochrane Collaboration in 2015 (PDF)

Infant Formula and Fluoridated Water

  • Evidence-based Clinical Recommendations Regarding Fluoride Intake from Reconstituted Infant Formula and Enamel Fluorosis
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Fluoride and Fluoridation
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