It is the largest-ever study of the effects of water fluoridation on the dental health of adults.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research funded a data study of 6.4m UK adults and adolescents across England and published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology estimated the public sector saved £16.9m between 2010 and 2020 due to water fluoridation.
People receiving optimally fluoridated water in the study experienced a three per cent reduction in NHS invasive dental treatments such as fillings and extractions, and a two per cent reduction in the numbers decayed, missing, and filled teeth, when compared to the non-optimally fluoridated cohort over 10 years.
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