Practice
Water Fluoridation
Also Known As Community Water Fluoridation
Water Safety Practice
The practice of adjusting the fluoride content of a public water supply to a level that reduces tooth decay across a population, first introduced in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945 as a controlled trial, and later adopted by many public water systems as a preventive dental health measure.
Facts
Practice ClassPublic health, preventive care 1 Classification
Practice ClassPreventive or Public Health Practice 1 Connections
In Branch
Source United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Site
Sources
1. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Site
US Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProgram classification, entity description sentence
The practice of adjusting the fluoride content of a public water supply to a level that reduces tooth decay across a population, first introduced in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945 as a controlled trial.
- In Branch: Preventive Care
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