What proportion of rural community water supplies are fluoridated, and where can I find additional information about community water fluoridation?
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures Rural Health Brief, Where Have All the Dentists Gone?, Dianna Gordon, NCSL; more than 100 million Americans do not drink fluoridated water. Community water fluoridation is consistently found to be one of the most effective means of preventing tooth decay. According to the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, every $1 spent on fluoridation saves $38 in treatment costs. Unfortunately, exact data on rural community water fluoridation are not available. However, it is proportionally much more expensive to fluoridate small community water supplies than large ones. The CDC reports that it is six times more costly per person to fluoridate water supplies with less than 5,000 people than those with greater than 20,000. In addition, most of the 12.6 percent of U.S. residents using private wells are located in rural areas. These wells are typically unfluoridated. The Centers for Disease Control has information about water fluoridation, inc
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