Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1951 — Page 7
SUNDAY, APR. 15, 1951 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Fluoridation Of Municipal Water Supplies Growing In Favor As Dental ‘Insurance’
Tests in Cities Show Decay Can Be Cut —of all municipal water supplies - ee — 84 : y ? % less. Tests showed that in duction in decay of kindergarten amount of watér pumped, and : provided the local dental society| . The Indianapolis Dental Society Ins recommended to the city 1. ."o1eng of reduced decay, com- age children was reported this|that is determined b | s - y the size of Up to 65 Per Cent by Economical Method ippioves ad i » Jone in se og of Health that a water fluoridation program be adopted munity water supplies naturally year. And at Grand Rapids, Mich. the population. By WATSON DAVIS : y contained fluorides. la reduction of 50% in dental Byrerter; Auess serie, health authorities. Dr. Gerald Kemp, city health officer, said the treatment has ' Tt was then that dental scien- decay has been reported by Tel 2tuonistive stmstes Come For fewer toothaches in the children of today this is
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been approved not only by the city dental society but b uthv : { ! Rush Is On V a y y executive [tists asked: Why not add fluorides U. 8. Public Health Service among in launchin the roceéss on a ie formula: Add one var of ‘a Bit | 80 the fuorine rush Is on. City somitipes Ee pe Intians dental and ned ical associations, |artificially to water supplies in children five, six and seven years qe scale. 8 a officials ig r : part of a fluorine compound to a fathers are being pressured to ® , however, that the water company probably jother communities and see if this old. [there estimate that communities million parts of water. Drink daily. give the children of their cities] |e a,c auire authorization, possibly in the form of legislation or (treatment will help reduce dental In Wisconsin alone, 48 com-iof ail sizes can fluoridate their This is “the most significant advance i ; [tooth protection. They are urged an order from the State Board of Health, before undertaking to |decay? This was done—and with munities, are now fluoridating| water supplies at annual costs i Ty . g 1 ce in preventive den-|, make tooth protection flow treat the water.. Attorneys are studying legal aspects of the mat- the favorable results that are their domestic water supplies and ranging from only four to 14 tistry in years” to quote an eminent dental authority. ter, Dr. Kemp said. (evident today. an additional 42 cities are in- cents per person—often less than
; 8" into every home through its fauThis addition of a chemical to drinking water of or ome cases, the rates on 34 Tamia ure. | “Bagrent fo sing foo
chemically-treated water all the made in 1938 by Dr. H. Trendiey|
| ae . ; In some cases, the rates of wo. tion in the immediate future. fluo nts N ame cities holds the promise of| + ear ls, particularly children, time their teeth are being formed. Dean, of the U. 8. Public Health qyction in tooth decay are quite Process Not Expensive pment Jo soding in aided airmen combatting for the first time Water aye diseases; the adding af * unc their, way J © 0 Scientists do ot know defin. (Service, Who js now director of qramatic. At Newburgh, N. Y,| Fluoridation of public water. communities to several thousand ' : . of another kind of chemical to . ely that the fluorides will not the National Institute of Dental g fter 2 1 I on a wide scale a dise las simple as that. (five years a ter Zuoridation was supplies is not an expersive pro-/dollars in large cities, . sr vie ai A ase that| p hat. Studies have help adults but the scientific evi- Research, started, it was found that six-| cedure, In their IE state fluorides
water promotes dental health [indi used aiiicts dn estimated 83 por cert tay pre . {indicated that the greatest effect|dence points to healthier teeth Scientists observed that - . sh | rama vention assembled, theis on the teeth of children—chil-|for children as a result of fluor- sons born ‘and reared in aT rh a, a IE ar "as is = “equipment that ia’ simi (only when diluted’ n the. proper
American Dental Association dren wh o drink the fluoridated dation. areas had much less dental decay children in a nearby city with/lar to that which puts a chloride proportion with water. By no
Just as chlorination of Water recone asded th e fluoridation— water from bt | supplies has almost banished that is what the process is calitd upon ne Dylon sleet Ui ore ie ta Senenciaiithan, those In other &# much as| At Sheboygan, ¥ Cauipments cos depends upon the Muoridate is own er sipmn.
| ; of fluorine on teeth was country-—sometimes as ‘much as At Sheboygan, Wis, a 46% re-'equipment’s cost depends upon the'fluoridate his own water supply.
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