Wednesday, November 14, 2007
After 10 years of lobbying, the USC school of Dentistry has persuaded the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California to boost the fluoride levels in public water which is supplied to 18 million residents in Los Angles and other California residents in the South. This is implemented to prevent the tooth decay among the residents.
The MWD has increased the fluorine levels in water, which is considered to be the optimum amount for the dental health. Charles Goldstein, a USC dentistry professor, said that every legitimate health association in the US supports this increased fluoride levels in our public water. Fluoride will save more teeth than all the dentists in the world combined, he added.Hence this dental health measure is likely to have a favorable cost-benefit ratio for the public.
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