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Warwick Daily News
Letter to the editor
18 May 2006
Dear Editor
Day-in and day-out dentists see consequences of non-fluoridation
Your readers may be interested to know that the National Academy of Sciences - the prestigious United States scientific organisation whose members have included 160 Nobel Prize winners - endorses water fluoridation as do the World Health Organisation and other leading health and scientific authorities.
Anti-fluoridationists often refer to list of 14 Nobel Prize winners who have 'opposed' or 'expressed reservations' about water fluoridation (Letter from Haines, May 18).
Apart from the fact that their original statements are never shown for verification, only one of those Nobel Prizes was awarded within the past 40 years during which time there has been widespread recognition of the benefits of water fluoridation.
That one is Sweden's Dr Arvid Carlsson (Medicine, 2000) who was part of a panel which recommended that the Swedish Government reject the practice. The Swedish Government discontinued water fluoridation in 1971 but this was a political decision not supported by leading health experts in Sweden.
The 2001 Australian Child Dental Health survey was designed to give an overall view of tooth decay across the country. It included only small numbers of children from many areas, and did not even consider fluoride intake.
Much larger studies taken over previous years show the true situation that dentists on the ground see day-in and day-out; namely that children in fluoridated centres such as Townsville, Dalby and all Australian capital cities except Brisbane have significantly less tooth decay than children in non-fluoridated towns.
Robert McCray
President
Australian Dental Association
Queensland Branch
All of the information included on this web site is accurate to the best of knowledge of the Australian Dental Association (Queensland Branch). To make the text more readable for non-scientists, ADAQ has deliberately minimised attributions and links to supporting files or scientific attachments. However these sources are readily available if required and many can be found via www.health.qld.gov.au/fluoride. |
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