The unanimous vote of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors demonstrated the depth and breadth of support for fluoridation. In 1995, the California Fluoridation Act was passed, thereby encouraging water districts to fluoridate drinking water. Since its passage, Los Angeles and Sacramento completed capital improvements and are now fluoridating drinking water. Following those cities' footsteps, the cities of San Diego and Mountain View are proceeding toward water fluoridation. An article in the Journal of the American Dental Association states root cavities attack 75 percent of the adult U.S. population.
Root caries is an epidemic problem for adults and older patients.
A study published in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry compared cavity rates of children and seniors. The study found cavity rates were 300 percent higher for seniors. One treatment is both simple and inexpensive. Surgeon General Koop valued fluoridation as one of public health's greatest achievements. It's so incredibly cheap.