HomeMy WebLinkAboutTodd Haworth TODD D. HAWORTH, DDS, PLLC
Master of the Academy of General Dentistry 422 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Port Angeles,WA 9£3362
Telephone: (360)457-5152
Fax: (360)457-6673
4 May 2016
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Dear City Council Member Downie,
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Thank you for your service to our home tow
This letter is prompted by the latest American Dental Association News reminding us that Port
Angeles is not alone in enjoying the benefits of carefully monitored community water
fluoridation. We support Port Angeles community water fluoridation because it is needed,
effective, safe and ethical. We ask you to do the same.
Community water fluoridation benefits citizens of all ages but especially our most vulnerable
children. If we take water fluoridation from them, too many kids will not get the cavity
reducing benefit of fluoride through prescription drops and tablets. Research shows that
communities like ours save approximately$38 in dental treatment costs for every dollar spent
on water fluoridation. As dentists who treat patients in our most vulnerable populations we
know that along with limiting sugar intake, good home care, fluoride toothpaste and routine
dental visits, community water fluoridation is an important strategy for decreasing dental
disease for young and old alike.
You may trust 70 years of research proving that water fluoridated at appropriate levels is safe
for people, safe for our environment and is effective in reducing the number of cavities we may
get. Monitored community water fluoridation is endorsed by a multitude of respected health
organizations that include the World Health Organization, Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, Indian Health Service and the United States Surgeon General to name a few.
Our nation's court system has again and again affirmed that community water fluoridation is
ethical and appropriate.
We support community water fluoridation and we encourage the Port Angeles City Council to
continue water fluoridation as it is safe, effective, appropriate and quite simply the right thing
to do.
Res u ad with gratitude for your service,
r Birch DDS, Todd Haworth DDS
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statistics were released, are Ark.u�sas, Colorado,
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est increase in fluoridation with 13.5 percentage
BYE MICHELLE.MANCHIR'� points, 43.6 percent to 57.1 percent.
�tlrrsata —Nearly 74:7 per 1 The CDC has named water fluoridation
cent of'tihe U.S:'population on one of 10 great public health achievements of
(' community water supplies the 20th century because of its contribution
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or about 214.2 `million. 'co le to the dramatic decline in tooth decay'
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23 th..Genteis'for Ins about water fluoridation, ADA•org�Fluoride.
'ease Control and Prevention, or contact Jane McGinley, ADA manage of
The CDC issues updated fluoridation and preventive health activities,
fluoridation statistics -every twa
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ye -us. This is the seventh con-
i securive: increase since:. 2000,,
when .65 percent of :the U.S.
population on community wa-
ter supplies, or about 161.9
h million people; received opti
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line of :72.4 .percent towards ta`�V
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of "science -based, 1Q year na A�
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