Pros And Cons Of Community Water Fluoridation

For many years water fluoridation has been used all around the world. This is the process of when fluoride is added to water to prevent tooth decay, which toughens the enamel of teeth in children and adults, but has been a health issue in communities (“Fluoride Information Network”, n.d). The way that tooth decay forms is with bacteria that make acid to remove minerals from teeth. Therefore, fluoride prevents the cavities from expanding throughout the mouth. Other than just preventing tooth decay, water fluoridation prevents infection, loss of teeth, pain, and improves the qualities of life by saving money in dental treatments (“Fluoride Information Network”, n.d).Water fluoridation is used mainly to improve people's health by doing it in an easy way (“Pros and Cons of Fluoride”, 2010). People can use …show more content…
Associations, health professionals, and organizations around the world accept community water fluoridation(“Fluoride Information Network”, n.d).The California Dental Association is a supporter of water fluoridation because of all the proven scientific evidences that show the benefits and safety of fluoride in water (“Fluoridation”, n.d). The California Dental Association is one that has been supporting water fluoridation in communities for many years by creating a foundation that tries to increase the amount of people receiving fluoride water (“Fluoridation”, n.d). The Association has increased up to 67% of California's population that uses water fluoridation, reducing the amount of tooth decay in children and adults (“Fluoridation”, n.d). Most of the communities in the world have used water that contains fluoride for many years now. In most communities that have thousands of people, it will cost about 50 cents per person which helps them save more when going to the dentist for treatments (“Fluoridation Basics”,