Tennessee Department Of Health: Fluoridated Community Water Is Improving Dental Health.

In a statement carried by Clarksville (TN) Online (8/4), the Tennessee Department of Health discusses how Tennesseans have benefited from fluoridated community water, saying, “Comparisons of dental health before and after fluoridation in Tennessee showed a 75 percent decline in decay of children’s permanent teeth from the early 1950s to the late 1980s.” According to the statement, community water fluoridation costs “approximately 50 cents per person, per year,” a fraction of what it costs to repair one cavity.