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Archive Tackling Health Inequalities Articles

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Study of 12-year olds in north of England finds water fluoridation narrows the dental caries divide between rich and poor

Study of 12-year olds in north of England finds water fluoridation narrows the dental caries divide between rich and poor

A study (British Dental Journal, 2000) comparing oral health and social deprivation among nearly 7,000 twelve-year olds in the north of England...

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Study of five-year olds in north of England finds water fluoridation narrows the dental caries divide between rich and poor

Study of five-year olds in north of England finds water fluoridation narrows the dental caries divide between rich and poor

A study (British Dental Journal, 1999) comparing oral health and social deprivation among 10,000 five-year olds in the north of England found that...

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Study finds lower dental health inequalities in fluoridated Newcastle

Study finds lower dental health inequalities in fluoridated Newcastle

A study published in 2012 found that the difference in the number of decayed teeth between children from the most and least affluent groups in...

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Impact of fluoridation on dental health inequalities in the West Midlands

Impact of fluoridation on dental health inequalities in the West Midlands

In 2006, an analysis of tooth decay rates across the West Midlands published in a report by the regional director of public health showed that in...

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Key York study pointing to potentially big reductions in inequalities in areas with high decay and poverty levels

Key York study pointing to potentially big reductions in inequalities in areas with high decay and poverty levels

One important study included in the York review looked at the dental health of 5-year olds living in electoral wards of seven fluoridated areas...

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York review evidence of reductions in inequalities

York review evidence of reductions in inequalities

The York review (2000) of water fluoridation studies found evidence to suggest that this public measure may help to reduce dental health...

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Dr Colwyn Jones Biography

Colwyn Jones retired as Head of the Evidence for Action team/Consultant in Dental Public Health with NHS Health Scotland but continues to work part-time as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Dr P Thapar Biography
Ray Lowry Biography

Ray Lowry, a qualified doctor and dentist, completed formal training in public health and became an NHS consultant in 1990. Until he retired in 2010 he was a senior lecturer in dental public health at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. He has published over 50 articles in the learned press. He was the training director for public health in the Northern Region and an examiner for the Faculty of Public Health.

Barry Cockcroft Biography

Barry Cockcroft graduated from Birmingham Dental School in 1973 and spent most of his career working in general dental practice until he joined the Department of Health as Deputy Chief Dental Officer (DCDO) in 2002, he became CDO in 2005 and remained in post until he retired in 2015. Barry joined the BFS while he was CDO, having been an advocate for water fluoridation all his career. He became Chair of the society in 2020.

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