Examining The Public Impact Of Fluoride
Adding fluoride to American tap water was one of the greatest public health accomplishments of the last century. Nonetheless, there is not much data from the last thirty years assessing the effect of this policy on the American population’s dental health. Research carried out recently, entitled ‘Water Fluoridation & Tooth Decay in American Teenagers & Children’ published in the Dental Research Journal, analyzed links between tooth decay and public water fluoridation, with respect to American adolescents and children.
Handling Common Dentist Fears
Dentophobia. Odontophobia. Dentist Anxiety. Whatever you want to call it, there are millions of people with at least some fear of going to the dentist. It is a very real and serious issue, but dentists continue to work hard to help people get over a lot of these fears. Here are some of the top issues patients have with the dentist.