Oral Health Needs Index

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  • Drinking Water Fluoridation over the years

    The first surveys on water fluoridation status in the United States were compiled in 1952 by the American Dental Association Council on Dental Health and the American Water Works Association. The surveys identified which communities were implementing this emerging technology. The U.S. Public Health Service has reported water fluoridation statistics periodically since 1956. The Water […]

  • Oral Health Statistics – Craniofacial Birth Defects

    According to the CDC & the ASHA, the average prevalence of cleft lip with or without cleft palate was 10.63 per 10,000 live births in the United States and 7.94 per 10,000 live births internationally. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) – National Institute of Health (NIH) conducts various extramural and intramural research in the field to understand the […]