{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2012575679","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","title":"The Results of Water Fluoridation in Ireland","display_name":"The Results of Water Fluoridation in Ireland","publication_year":1996,"publication_date":"1996-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2012575679","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","mag":"2012575679","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9034971"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S18039248","display_name":"Journal of Public Health Dentistry","issn_l":"0022-4006","issn":["0022-4006","1752-7325"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Public Health Dentistry","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109843797","display_name":"D O'Mullane","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I27577105","display_name":"University College Cork","ror":"https://ror.org/03265fv13","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}],"countries":["IE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Denis O'Mullane","raw_affiliation_strings":["Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079331784","display_name":"Helen P. Whelton","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-360X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-360X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I27577105","display_name":"University College Cork","ror":"https://ror.org/03265fv13","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}],"countries":["IE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Helen P. Whelton","raw_affiliation_strings":["Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045905691","display_name":"Pat Costelloe","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I27577105","display_name":"University College Cork","ror":"https://ror.org/03265fv13","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}],"countries":["IE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pat Costelloe","raw_affiliation_strings":["Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083202151","display_name":"Stephen P. McDermott","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I27577105","display_name":"University College Cork","ror":"https://ror.org/03265fv13","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}],"countries":["IE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Stephen McDermott","raw_affiliation_strings":["Send correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. O'Mullane. Coauthors Costelloe, Clarke, McDermott, and McLoughlin are with the Health Board Dental Service, Ireland","Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Send correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. O'Mullane. Coauthors Costelloe, Clarke, McDermott, and McLoughlin are with the Health Board Dental Service, Ireland","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110450722","display_name":"Jacinta McLoughlin","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I27577105","display_name":"University College Cork","ror":"https://ror.org/03265fv13","country_code":"IE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}],"countries":["IE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jacinta McLoughlin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Drs. O'Mullane and Whelton are affiliated with the Oral Health Services Research Centre, University Dental School, Cork, Ireland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5109843797"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I27577105"],"apc_list":{"value":3570,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3570},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.5009,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":19,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.66135084,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"56","issue":"5","first_page":"259","last_page":"264"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10368","display_name":"Dental Health and Care Utilization","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3506","display_name":"Periodontics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/35","display_name":"Dentistry"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10368","display_name":"Dental Health and Care Utilization","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3506","display_name":"Periodontics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/35","display_name":"Dentistry"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11969","display_name":"Fluoride Effects and Removal","score":0.005100000184029341,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2312","display_name":"Water Science and Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11493","display_name":"Water Treatment and Disinfection","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2307","display_name":"Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/water-fluoridation","display_name":"water fluoridation","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dental-caries-prevention","display_name":"dental caries prevention","score":0.9589999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dmft-index","display_name":"DMFT index","score":0.7459999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ireland","display_name":"Ireland","score":0.4050000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/children-s-dental-health","display_name":"children's dental health","score":0.5839999914169312}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779097656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1125466","display_name":"Water fluoridation","level":3,"score":0.9395064115524292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776451394","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15754594","display_name":"Journal of Public Health","level":5,"score":0.5532063841819763},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138816342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189603","display_name":"Public health","level":2,"score":0.5498349070549011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.46781039237976074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992672162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12128","display_name":"Oral health","level":2,"score":0.4663820266723633},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.4442325234413147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.36373937129974365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199343813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12128","display_name":"Dentistry","level":1,"score":0.3421962261199951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45355965","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1643441","display_name":"Socioeconomics","level":1,"score":0.3375905156135559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C526734887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832237","display_name":"Environmental protection","level":1,"score":0.3264339566230774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47344431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519812","display_name":"Health policy","level":3,"score":0.15256834030151367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993267355","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519812","display_name":"Public health policy","level":4,"score":0.09660369157791138},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.09157070517539978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.06888720393180847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780828025","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44793182","display_name":"Fluoride","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179104552","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11165","display_name":"Inorganic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000293","descriptor_name":"Adolescent","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000368","descriptor_name":"Aged","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D002327","descriptor_name":"Cariostatic Agents","qualifier_ui":"Q000008","qualifier_name":"administration & dosage","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D002648","descriptor_name":"Child","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D002675","descriptor_name":"Child, Preschool","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003731","descriptor_name":"Dental Caries","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003731","descriptor_name":"Dental Caries","qualifier_ui":"Q000517","qualifier_name":"prevention & control","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D004245","descriptor_name":"DMF Index","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005457","descriptor_name":"Fluoridation","qualifier_ui":"Q000331","qualifier_name":"legislation & jurisprudence","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D005459","descriptor_name":"Fluorides","qualifier_ui":"Q000008","qualifier_name":"administration & dosage","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007494","descriptor_name":"Ireland","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008875","descriptor_name":"Middle Aged","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D009909","descriptor_name":"Oral Health","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D011634","descriptor_name":"Public Health","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014881","descriptor_name":"Water Supply","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015995","descriptor_name":"Prevalence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D016896","descriptor_name":"Treatment Outcome","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02449.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S18039248","display_name":"Journal of Public Health Dentistry","issn_l":"0022-4006","issn":["0022-4006","1752-7325"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Public Health Dentistry","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:9034971","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9034971","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of public health dentistry","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":0.8560000061988831,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/6","score":0.6618000268936157,"display_name":"Clean water and sanitation"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/6","score":0.49000000953674316,"display_name":"Clean water and sanitation"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1568938184","https://openalex.org/W2014572669","https://openalex.org/W2040710934","https://openalex.org/W2064951964","https://openalex.org/W2103273204","https://openalex.org/W2108969647","https://openalex.org/W2396958594","https://openalex.org/W2998213326"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2415617794","https://openalex.org/W1769416376","https://openalex.org/W1974597046","https://openalex.org/W4385377474","https://openalex.org/W2751516714","https://openalex.org/W85567474","https://openalex.org/W2461887474","https://openalex.org/W2438562736","https://openalex.org/W7047267188","https://openalex.org/W2077597845"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"visit":[1],"of":[2,27,32,40,44,56,76,83,105,126],"Dr.":[3],"Trendley":[4],"Dean":[5],"to":[6,15,36,65],"Dublin":[7,57],"in":[8,24,29,51,73,88,92,114,121,130],"the":[9,13,25,30,37,41,53,62,69,74,84,89,98,124],"mid-1950s":[10],"helped":[11],"accelerate":[12],"decision":[14],"introduce":[16],"water":[17,54],"fluoridation":[18],"as":[19],"a":[20],"public":[21],"health":[22,111],"measure":[23],"prevention":[26],"caries":[28],"Republic":[31,75],"Ireland.":[33],"A":[34],"challenge":[35],"constitutional":[38],"validity":[39],"Health":[42],"(Fluoridation":[43],"Water":[45],"Supplies)":[46],"Act":[47],"1960":[48],"failed":[49],"and":[50,123],"1964":[52],"supplies":[55],"city":[58],"were":[59,78],"fluoridated.":[60,79],"Over":[61],"next":[63],"seven":[64],"eight":[66],"years":[67,101],"all":[68],"major":[70],"urban":[71],"communities":[72,107],"Ireland":[77],"Currently,":[80],"67":[81],"percent":[82],"3.5":[85],"million":[86],"people":[87],"country":[90],"reside":[91],"fluoridated":[93,106],"communities.":[94],"Studies":[95],"conducted":[96],"over":[97],"last":[99],"20":[100],"show":[102],"that":[103],"residents":[104],"have":[108],"better":[109],"dental":[110],"than":[112],"those":[113],"nonfluoridated":[115],"communities--the":[116],"mean":[117],"dmft":[118],"is":[119,132],"lower":[120],"children":[122],"number":[125],"natural":[127],"teeth":[128],"present":[129],"adults":[131],"higher.":[133]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}