1. Community Water Fluoridation (CWF):

• Implemented at a community-wide level, water fluoridation reaches multiple populations of people across the United States
• This is an excellent way to provide an essential oral health benefit to the largest at-risk groups within a city population
  • City water is a commodity which is utilized by persons of multiple socioeconomic classes, including those who cannot afford expensive dental treatments
  • An excellent low cost way to directly reach low-income at-risk groups within a community
• According to the CDC, 74.6% of people in the U.S. receiving water from community water systems are receiving fluoridated water
  •  Ohio ranked eleventh among all fifty states having 92.2% of its population receiving fluoridated water

2. Coordinated School Health Programs:

• Implemented at the school level, thus reaching children enrolled in schools
• This intervention is holistically intervening in the child’s dental hygiene from 8 different points

3. Additional Programs:

• These programs are effectively reaching low-income and minority populations which have the highest risk of nutritional deficiencies and low access to adequate dental care