The Fluoride Update Program

The Fluoride Update Program was developed in response to frequent requests from dental practitioners, and consists of a set of information sheets from the cariology area on the issue of fluorides in today's dental practice. Information sheets have companion summary pamphlets for use as a guide for discussion with patients.

The following information sheets and pamphlets are available now to purchase.

Information sheets	Patient pamphlets
1. Water Fluoridation - still the answer!	1. Water Fluoridation - still the answer!
2. Professional applications in the dental surgery Archived	2. Fluoride safety
3. Home use of fluoride Archived	3. Home use of fluoride Archived
4. New Zealand fluoride update notes Archived

• Water fluoridation maps

• Fluoride recommendation Guidelines for the use of fluorides in Australia have been updated following the ARCPOH Workshop on the Use of Fluorides in Australia, Adelaide, 13–14 October 2005. ‘The use of fluorides in Australia: Guidelines’ was published in the Australian Dental Journal 2006.

ARCPOH (Spencer AJ). The use of fluorides in Australia: Guidelines. Aust Dent 2006;51(2):195-199.

• A second workshop was held in Adelaide in August 2012 to review the above guidelines. Click here to view the latest guidelines.

• A third workshop on ‘The use of Fluorides in Australia’ was held in February 2019 in Adelaide to update the above guidelines. Click here to view the updated guidelines.

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