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(See Module
4, section 4.2.)
- Since the 1960s, tooth decay in U.S. children
has decreased dramatically, primarily from drinking
fluoridated water and using fluoridated toothpaste
and other products containing fluoride.[12]
- More than 100 million Americans (38 percent of
those on public water systems) do not have access
to water that contains enough fluoride to protect
their teeth from tooth decay.[13]
- Lack of fluoridated water may disproportionately
affect children from families with low incomes and
children in certain minority groups, who are less
likely to receive other preventive interventions,
increasing morbidity and costs of care.[14]
  
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