Fluoride Well in Bauxite, Arkansas Fluoride in Duluth, MN-1.2ppm
Cost effective Easy to distribute regardless of social or economic status Tooth Decay has decreased
negative effects from long term exposure Too difficult to generalize fluoride consumption Fluoride is abundant in Food, drinks, and dental hygiene products
Fluoride concentration could be lowered to.6ppm › Lower limit before prescribed fluoride tablets
New data on long term effects Fluoride is available in other sources Fluoride has reduced tooth decay Cost effective
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Overall Comments: Overall, a convincing & clearly organized job that demonstrates again how the best college research work is recursive, going back over its material again & again. You’ve already seen your response report, & you know how highly they thought of it. I agree by & large, though you mediation was awfully dependent on what you had to say, alone; the text there is general business anyone with a rudimentary grasp of the subject could come up. Likewise, earlier, you needed more data, more citation, in the slides themselves. Still, you got across a lot of information in a largely visual medium, & made it vivid. A-
Lauren Hibbert Celsey Moody Josh Curtis-Beard Prof. John Domini, English 250, 4/13/13 Fluoridation Mediation Response The mediation presentation assigned to this group focused on fluoridation. In my opinion, “the visuals used contrasted well with the background color” (Hibbert). The background color was green and pictures were basically nature scenes. I found it interesting that “the text on the sides was in horizontal lines and some pictures had vertical images. there was definitely design balance”(Hibbert). The text included good short points, although a few slides were a little long. The “text stood out nicely, but titles could have been a different color”(Moody). Her voice sounded enthusiastic and upbeat, like she was genuinely interested in her topic. She did a “great job not reading right off of the PowerPoint slides, but she could try not saying umm so much” (Moody). When it comes to statistics, we learned long term effects of consuming to much fluoride and what it does to your teeth. Fluoride can “cause tooth decay, change in tooth color and is cost effective” (Josh). For logic, it was said that “tooth decay decreased and fluoride can be lowered to 0.6ppm”(Josh). Fluoridation was not defined in the presentation, though it may be something previously known by the audience. Overall the presentation was put together well and nicely done. Insightful and comprehensive: Plusses.