The environmental impact of community caries prevention - part 3: water fluoridation.
Journal
British dental journal
ISSN: 1476-5373
Titre abrégé: Br Dent J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7513219
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
received:
30
10
2021
accepted:
11
02
2022
entrez:
26
8
2022
pubmed:
27
8
2022
medline:
31
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Introduction Community-level interventions for the prevention of dental caries in children include fluoride varnish in schools, supervised toothbrushing in schools, the provision of toothbrushes and toothpaste and water fluoridation. The environmental impact of these interventions is an important factor to consider when commissioning these services.Materials and methods A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted to quantify the environmental impact of fluoridation of the public water supply for a five-year-old child over a one-year period. These results were compared to LCA data for fluoride varnish in schools, supervised toothbrushing and the provision of toothbrushes and toothpaste.Results When comparing community-level caries prevention programmes, water fluoridation had the lowest environmental impact in all 16 categories and had the lowest disability-adjusted life years impact.Discussion All community-level caries prevention programmes have an associated environmental cost. Water fluoridation performed well in this LCA study in all measures of environmental sustainability. The results of this study could be used, along with cost and clinical effectiveness data, to inform public healthcare policy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36028695
doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-4251-5
pii: 10.1038/s41415-022-4251-5
doi:
Substances chimiques
Fluorides, Topical
0
Toothpastes
0
Fluorides
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
303-307Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the British Dental Association.
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