Dental surgeons cite report finding 45% fewer young children were admitted to hospital for decay in water fluoridation areas Fluoride should be added to water supplies across England to stem the increasing number of children being admitted to hospital with tooth decay, dental surgeons say. Almost 26,000 such children between five and nine were admitted […]
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Call for water fluoridation across England to cut childhood tooth decay
Excerpt: … As well as fluoridation in water, the RCS wants the government to invest in a national oral health programme, similar to Childsmile in Scotland. The £1.8m Scottish scheme, which includes supervised toothbrushing for children in primary school and nursery in deprived areas has saved more than £6m in dental costs between 2001 and […]
Is fluoride good for us?
Most of us put our trust in fluoride to help prevent tooth decay. It is a common ingredient in toothpaste and mouthwashes, and several countries, including large parts of the UK, add fluoride to the water supply. Just last month, a study was published which reported that adding fluoride to table salt had reduced dental […]
Water fluoridation vow from Labour
Labour has vowed to make water fluoridation a priority if it wins back power at next year’s general election, telling Dentistry: ‘We need to be bolder.’ In an exclusive interview with Dentistry magazine, the party’s health spokesman pledged to try to persuade local health chiefs to finally ‘grasp the nettle’ on the controversy. Andy Burnham said: […]
British Dental Association calls for wider access to water fluoridation
The British Dental Association has called on the government to improve the limited access to water fluoridation in many parts of the country. A recent survey from the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry has shown that only ten percent of the UK’s population have access to fluoridated water, despite evidence suggesting that children living in […]
Doctor’s Diary: …Toothpaste trouble
The possibility that the high concentration of fluoride in toothpastes such as Duraphat might be a hidden cause of severe digestive problems would seem to be confirmed by a reader from the Isle of Skye, whose 90-year-old mother has been much troubled by abdominal pain and attacks of diarrhoea. She realised when reading this column […]
Southampton: Anti-fluoride campaign now needs to focus on stopping child tooth decay
WELL, there goes the Daily Echo postbag! The end to the fluoride saga in the Southampton city region will put a big hole in the correspondence bag for this paper’s daily letters page. Nary a day has gone by that we haven’t had a letter since the now defunct Strategic Health Authority first unveiled plans […]
BBC: Southampton water fluoridation plans scrapped
Plans to add fluoride to the public water supply in Southampton and parts of Hampshire have been scrapped. Public Health England (PHE) said it still endorsed water fluoridisation but would not proceed without backing from Southampton City Council. NHS chiefs agreed in 2009 to add fluoride to tap water for about 200,000 people, claiming it […]
Hampshire County Council welcomes decision by Public Health England to scrap fluoridation plans
Hampshire County Council Leader, Councillor Roy Perry has welcomed the announcement today (28 October 2014) by Public Health England that proposals will no longer go ahead to implement a water fluoridation scheme to around 160,000 Southampton residents, and a further 35,000 people in neighbouring parts of south west Hampshire. Councillor Perry said: “I am pleased […]
Fluoride plans for Southampton scrapped by Public Health England
BREAKING NEWS: CONTROVERSIAL plans to add fluoride to the drinking water of Southampton residents have been scrapped. In a statement released today, Public Health England, said: “Public Health England (PHE) will take no further action to implement a proposed water fluoridation scheme that would have served around 160,000 Southampton residents and a further 35,000 people […]