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Water Fluoridation and Health, Medical Research Council, 2002

Water Fluoridation and Health, Medical Research Council, 2002

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Water fluoridation and children’s dental health: The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia, 2002

Water fluoridation and children’s dental health: The Child Dental Health Survey, Australia, 2002

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Irish Forum on Fluoridation, 2002

Irish Forum on Fluoridation, 2002

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Our Oral Health – Key findings of the 2009 New Zealand Oral Health Survey

Our Oral Health – Key findings of the 2009 New Zealand Oral Health Survey

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Analysis of post-1990 studies: Effectiveness of water fluoridation in caries prevention, Rugg-Gunn and Do, 2012

Analysis of post-1990 studies: Effectiveness of water fluoridation in caries prevention, Rugg-Gunn and Do, 2012

Rugg-Gunn and Loc Do (2012) analysed 59 studies published between 1990 and 2010 and found that, on average, fluoridation reduces tooth decay in...

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Fifty years of water fluoridation in Birmingham, 2014

Fifty years of water fluoridation in Birmingham, 2014

In the early 1960s tooth decay was rampant among Birmingham children.

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Health effects of water fluoridation, a review of the scientific evidence: Royal Society of New Zealand and Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Adviser, 2014

Health effects of water fluoridation, a review of the scientific evidence: Royal Society of New Zealand and Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Adviser, 2014

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Fluoridation monitoring report: Public Health England, 2014

Fluoridation monitoring report: Public Health England, 2014

A Public Health England analysis (2014) of studies of 5 and 12-year old children’s teeth across England found lower rates of tooth decay in...

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Medical Research Council report

Medical Research Council report

This MRC analysis (2000) looked at a wider range of studies than those covered in the York systematic review published in 2000. The MRC concluded...

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Public Health England report

Public Health England report

A Public Health England analysis (2014) of studies of 5 and 12-year old children’s teeth across England found lower rates of tooth decay in...

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New Zealand Royal Society report

New Zealand Royal Society report

A report by the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Office of the New Zealand Government’s Chief Science Adviser (2014) identified significant...

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Analysis of post-1990 studies

Analysis of post-1990 studies

Rugg-Gunn and Loc Do (2012) analysed 59 studies published between 1990 and 2010 and found that, on average, fluoridation reduces tooth decay in...

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The British Fluoridation Society was founded in 1969 to work for improved dental health in the UK through the introduction of water fluoridation schemes.

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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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