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LETTER: It’s time for Holmen to fluoridate its water
By EVA DAHL and TIMOTHY DURTSCHE | Onalaska
Holmen is La Crosse County’s only public water system without a therapeutic level of fluoride. The Wisconsin Dental Association encourages Holmen to join the 90 percent of Wisconsin’s population on public water supplies that receive the dental health benefits of fluoridated public water. Our 2,900 members (including 107 dentists in the La Crosse District Dental Society) are committed to promoting quality oral health care, which leads to good overall health.
For more than 60 years, studies have consistently shown community water fluoridation to be one of the most significant public health advances of the 20th century and one of the safest, most cost-effective ways to improve dental health and prevent tooth decay in children AND adults.
The American Dental Association has endorsed the fluoridation of community water supplies as safe and effective for preventing tooth decay for more than 40 years. Consider:
The U. S. Surgeon General considers fluoridation “an inexpensive means of improving oral health that benefits all residents of a community, young and old, rich and poor alike.”
Residents who benefit from fluoridated water experience approximately 30 percent less tooth decay. The Journal of Dental Research says fluoride use in the United States during a 40-year period helped save approximately $40 billion in oral health care costs.
Organizations recognizing the public health benefits of fluoridation include the ADA, U.S. Public Health Service, American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and World Health Organization.
Preventing dental disease is more than a one-time event and community water fluoridation is an important step in the process. True oral health care prevention requires a comprehensive approach and must include patient education, observance of healthy dietary habits, regular personal oral hygiene practices, consumption or application of appropriate fluorides, regular dental examinations, professional dental diagnosis, appropriate placement of dental sealants and necessary restorative treatment early in the development of dental disease.
Community water fluoridation remains the single most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay. We encourage Holmen residents to contact their village representatives and encourage them to fluoridate the local public water supply.
Eva Dahl is president of the Wisconsin Dental Association and Timothy Durtsche is a WDA trustee.
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By EVA DAHL and TIMOTHY DURTSCHE | Onalaska
Holmen is La Crosse County’s only public water system without a therapeutic level of fluoride. The Wisconsin Dental Association encourages Holmen to join the 90 percent of Wisconsin’s population on public water supplies that receive the dental health benefits of fluoridated public water. Our 2,900 members (including 107 dentists in the La Crosse District Dental Society) are committed to promoting quality oral health care, which leads to good overall health.
For more than 60 years, studies have consistently shown community water fluoridation to be one of the most significant public health advances of the 20th century and one of the safest, most cost-effective ways to improve dental health and prevent tooth decay in children AND adults.
The American Dental Association has endorsed the fluoridation of community water supplies as safe and effective for preventing tooth decay for more than 40 years. Consider:
The U. S. Surgeon General considers fluoridation “an inexpensive means of improving oral health that benefits all residents of a community, young and old, rich and poor alike.”
Residents who benefit from fluoridated water experience approximately 30 percent less tooth decay. The Journal of Dental Research says fluoride use in the United States during a 40-year period helped save approximately $40 billion in oral health care costs.
Organizations recognizing the public health benefits of fluoridation include the ADA, U.S. Public Health Service, American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and World Health Organization.
Preventing dental disease is more than a one-time event and community water fluoridation is an important step in the process. True oral health care prevention requires a comprehensive approach and must include patient education, observance of healthy dietary habits, regular personal oral hygiene practices, consumption or application of appropriate fluorides, regular dental examinations, professional dental diagnosis, appropriate placement of dental sealants and necessary restorative treatment early in the development of dental disease.
Community water fluoridation remains the single most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay. We encourage Holmen residents to contact their village representatives and encourage them to fluoridate the local public water supply.
Eva Dahl is president of the Wisconsin Dental Association and Timothy Durtsche is a WDA trustee.
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