Equity in children’s dental caries before and after cessation of community water fluoridation: differential impact by dental insurance status and geographic material deprivation.
February 11, 2016
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International Journal for Equity in Health
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McLaren L, McNeil DA, Potestio M, Patterson S, Thawer S, Faris P, Shi C, Shwart L.
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15:24.
Abstract
Background
One of the main arguments made in favor of community water fluoridation is that it is equitable in its impact on dental caries (i.e., helps to offset inequities in dental caries). Although an equitable effect of fluoridation has been demonstrated in cross-sectional studies, it has not been studied in the context of cessation of community water fluoridation (CWF). The objective of this study was to compare the socio-economic patterns of chil