Community Water Fluoridation Advocacy: Are You Ready for a “Throwdown”?
Saturday, February 1, 2025
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Course Code:
720SL
Cost:
$130.00
Credits:
3
CE Hours
Challenges to Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) continue to increase and jeopardize the most cost effective, health equitable disease prevention strategy of all time. Fluoridation opponents, armed with dubious “scientific” studies, are devoted to alarming the public and intimidating fluoridation advocates and legislators. Dentists have key voices to address these local challenges and collaborate with other stakeholders to advocate effectively for preservation and initiation of CWF.
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After this course attendees will be able to:
- Recognize how to “read the room” regarding the local challenge at hand and effectively prepare to counter fluoridation challenges
- Develop collaboration strategies for local stakeholders
- Utilize best practices for media message management when interviewed regarding Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) advocacy
- Discover how to talk to patients about the value of CWF and its impact on disease prevention
- Understand the science of fluoridation, cessation aftermath, and associated costs of treating
This course was designed in collaboration with the National Fluoridation Advisory Committee of the American Dental Association.
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