UNC School of Dentistry » Slade and Sanders’ Research Affirms Water Fluoridation Prevents Dental Decay in US Children and Adolescents

UNC School of Dentistry » Slade and Sanders’ Research Affirms Water Fluoridation Prevents Dental Decay in US Children and Adolescents

Slade and Sanders’ Research Affirms Water Fluoridation Prevents Dental Decay in US Children and Adolescents

CHILDREN, DENTAL ECOLOGY, FACULTY AND STAFF, FLUORIDE, PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH, TEETH

6.14.18

Gary Slade, DDPH, PhD, John W. Stamm Distinguished Professor and Anne Sanders, MS, PhD, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, are lead authors of a study that examines the impact of water fluoridation on oral health in the United States population.

The fluoridation of drinking water in America was considered one of the great public health achievements of the twentieth century. However, few studies have investigated the impact of fluoridation on oral health in the last thirty years.