CDC: Fluoridation Links to Other Organizations

Provided below are links to various agencies and organizations recognizing the benefits of community water fluoridation. Some of the agencies/organizations links are to policy statements and others provide educational information. If you are a government agency or professional organization with a public statement recognizing the benefits of fluoride, CDC’s Division of Oral Health would like to consider linking to it from this page. Please contact us to share your information.

Government Agencies

• National Cancer Institute’s Fluoridated Water: Questions and Answers
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research’s Water Fluoridation [NIDCR]

Non-Governmental Organizations and International Agencies

• Australian Dental Association
• British Fluoridation Society
• FDI World Dental Federation’s FDI Supports Efforts to Promote Fluoride for Oral Health
• Campaign for Dental Health’s ILikeMyTeeth.org

Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Family Physicians’ Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Policy on Use of Fluoride
• American Dental Association’s Fluoridation Policy
• American Dental Association’s 5 Reasons Why Fluoride in Water is Good for Communities
• American Dental Association’s Fluoride & Fluoridation
• American Dental Hygienist Association’s Fluoride Facts pdf [PDF-68KB]
• American Fluoridation Society
• American Heart Association’s Minerals, Inorganic Substances
• American Water Works Association’s Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies
• Fluoride Exposedexternal icon
• National Association of County and City Health Officials’ Communications Toolkit for Local Health Departments

State Health Programs

• Florida Department of Health’s Policy Statement on Community Water Fluoridation pdf [PDF–37KB]
• Mississippi Department of Health’s Fluoride Topics
• Texas Department of State Health Services’ Oral Health Program
• Utah Department of Health’s Oral Health Program
• Wisconsin’s Public Water Supply Fluoridation Census pdf [PDF–72KB]