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Effect of community water fluoridation cessation on dental caries in 12-year-old Israeli children: a retrospective analysis of socioeconomic disparities (2014-2022).

Israel journal of health policy research · Fawarsy R, Chackartchi T, Findler M, Haim D, Mann J, Tobias G · 2026-09-07

When Israel stopped mandatory water fluoridation in 2014, cavity experience increased among 12-year-olds, particularly in low-socioeconomic communities, widening health disparities between socioeconomic groups and genders.

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