Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented, according to research published today in JAMA Pediatrics, the highest-ranking journal of pediatrics, perinatology and child health in the world.
The nation-wide study, evaluating the link between community water fluoridation and the experience of severe tooth decay in four-year-old New Zealand children, analyzed the B4 School Check screening program data of 275,000 children over a five-year period from 2011 to 2016.
The findings show children who didn’t have a fluoridated water supply were 20% more likely to have severe tooth decay.
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