Oral Health Literacy and Fluoridation-Past, Present and Future

Horowitz, Alice M.

3276.0
Invited: Fluoridation: A Seventy Year Success Story

Monday, November 2, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Oral

Session Objectives: 1. Attendees will be able to describe the current status and successes of fluoridation in the United States and how public perception has changed. 2. Attendees will be able to understand updated economic analyses of fluoridation 3.Attendees will be able to describe current challenges and new opportunities for fluoridation 4. Attendees will be able to discuss the role of health literacy in educating the public and helping policy makers.

Moderator:

Myron Allukian, DDS, MPH

12:30pm

Status of state and national water fluoridation programs - Seventy years of progress in preventing tooth decay