Turning the taps on: Is water fluoridation closer to becoming a reality?

Abstract

There are some things in life so simple and obvious you have to wonder why they're not ingrained pillars of society. Basic common courtesy, equality, vaccinations, cheese and jam sandwiches. OK, maybe not the last thing there, but you get the picture. A decade ago as a fresh-faced PR and Press Officer and my foray into dentistry, one of those simple and obvious things to me was water fluoridation. You didn't have to be a genius to see its benefits, namely a cost-effective public health intervention that would improve the oral health of the population and save the NHS millions of pounds spent on tooth extractions under anaesthetic. Open in a separate window