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The systematic reviews by the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) of the effectiveness of selected population-based interventions addressing oral health focused on three strategic areas:

Preventing or controlling dental caries (cavities)
Preventing or controlling oral and pharyngeal cancers
Preventing or controlling sports-related craniofacial injuries

	Book Chapter
	Summary of Findings
	Economic Efficiency Findings



Legend: Task Force Findings :	Recommended	Insufficient Evidence	Recommend Against

Intervention Strategies for Preventing Dental Caries
	School-based pit and fissure sealant delivery programs
	Community-wide sealant promotion programs
	Community water fluoridation

Intervention Strategies for Preventing Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers
	Population-based interventions for early detection of pre-cancers and cancers

Intervention Strategies for Preventing Oral and Facial Injuries
	Population-based interventions to encourage use of helmets, face masks, and mouthguards in contact sports

	Research questions suggested for further study

Full Reports (recommendations & supporting evidence)
	Recommendations. MMWR. 2001: 50 (No. RR-21);1-13.
	Recommendations. AJPM. 2002: 23 (1S); 16-20.
	Evidence review. AJPM. 2002: 23 (1S); 21-54.
	Comparison of selected reviews and recommendations. AJPM. 2002: 23 (1S); 55-80.

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Evidence Tables
	Community water fluoridation
	School-based pit and fissure sealant delivery programs
	Early detection of oral and pharyngeal pre-cancers and cancers
	Encouraging use of helmets, face masks, and mouthguards in contact sports
	Economic Effectiveness Findings

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