Fluorides Committee
This committee serves as a focal point for issue, policy and position statements and resources for state and territorial oral health programs relating to community water fluoridation and the use of fluorides. The committee also coordinates the presentation of yearly fluoridation awards at the National Oral Health Conference.
ASTDD Fluoride Resources
- ASTDD Fluoridation Fact Sheet - A one page (front and back) template that can be modified by inserting your state information and used as an educational/information tool. Contact the ASTDD Central office for a copy.
- Best Practice Approach Report: Use of Fluoride in Schools (Updated July 2018)
- Best Practice Approach Report - Use of Fluoride: Community Water Fluoridation (May 2016)
- Community Water Fluoridation Policy Statement (June 2015)
- Community Water Fluoridation Recommended Websites for Scientific Evidence and Resources for State and Territorial Oral Health Programs (March 2023)
- Compendium of ASTDD Fluoridation and Fluorides Resources (April 2023)
- Fluoride Supplements Policy Statement (January 2013)
- Fluoride Toothpaste White Paper (January 2016)
- Fluoride Varnish Issue Brief (September 2014)
- Fluoride Varnish Policy Statement (December 2015)
- Natural Fluoride in Drinking Water Fact Sheet (March 2023)
- Raising Oral Health Knowledge Online Webcast Recording (January 2021)
- Raising Oral Health Knowledge Online PowerPoint (January 2021)
- Silver Diamine Fluoride Fact Sheet (December 2024)
- Silver Diamine Fluoride: A Game Changer in Managing Caries in High-Risk Populations? PowerPoint slides (January 2017)
Other Organizations' Policy Statements on Fluoride
- Academy for Sports Dentistry (August 2022)
- American Association of Public Health Dentistry Resolution on Community Water Fluoridation (March 2010)
- American Dental Association Statement on the Effectiveness of Community Water Fluoridation (2022)
- American Public Health Association Policy on Community Water Fluoridation (October 2008)
- American Public Health Association Policy on Fluoride Varnish (November 2010)
- American Water Works Association (Revised April 2022)
- Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (2017)
- Institute of Science and Medicine Fluoridation Policy Statement (January 2012)
Other Organizations' Resources
- California Fluoridation Manual (2022)
- Water Fluoridation Reporting System and My Water's Fluoride - The Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS) and My Water's Fluoride (MWF) were both recompiled with a technical update to the current CDC coding standards in April 2015 and installed on a new server in 2016.
- Division of Oral Health CDC Scientific Statement on Community Water Fluoridation (June 2018)
- FluorideExposed.org
- Fluoride Legislative User Information Database (FLUID)
- Fluoride Science: What the Science Really Says
- The American Academy of Pediatrics Campaign for Dental Health offers fact sheets and other helpful resources on fluoridation and oral health. (January 2018)
