How effective and cost-effective is water fluoridation for adults? Protocol for a 10-year retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Deborah Moore (Author), Thomas Allen (Author), Stephen Birch (Author), Martin Tickle (Author), Tanya Walsh (Author), Iain A. Pretty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tooth decay can cause pain, sleepless nights and loss of productive workdays. Fluoridation of drinking water was identified in the 1940s as a cost-effective method of prevention. In the mid-1970s, fluoride toothpastes became widely available. Since then, in high-income countries...