Calgary Fluoride Study: Omitted Data Shows Fluoridation’s End Had No Effect on Cavities By Michael Connett Fluoride Action Network February 26, 2016.

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Calgary Fluoride Study: Omitted Data Shows Fluoridation’s End Had No Effect on Cavities By Michael Connett Fluoride Action Network February 26, 2016

A new study* is being touted as proof that ending water fluoridation caused a significant increase in tooth decay in Calgary. *McLaren L, et al. (2016). Measuring the short-term impact of fluoridation cessation on dental caries in Grade 2 children using tooth surface indices. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology [Epub ahead of print] BACKGROUND:

The Study Has Caused a Media Uproar…

…sparking calls for Calgary and other Canadian cities to put fluoride back in H2O

But… what did the study actually find?

Let’s take it one step at a time

The study found that cavities in permanent teeth have decreased in Calgary Calgary - Permanent Teeth Survey YearDecayed, Missing, Filled Permanent Tooth Surfaces

The study also found Calgary has less cavities than fluoridated Edmonton, in both baby and permanent teeth City (2013/14) Decay in Primary (“Baby”) Teeth Decay in Permanent Teeth Calgary Edmonton

The cavity rate in baby teeth, however, increased substantially from 2005 to ‘14

BUT... Calgary was fluoridated until 2011 which is most of the years in the study

ALSO... We know that Cavities in “baby teeth” have been increasing across North America since the 1990s...

In fact, the Calgary study found cavities also increased in fluoridated Edmonton during the same period of time.

The KEY QUESTION:

How much of Calgary’s cavity increase occurred after fluoridation ended?

Pro-Fluoride Theories: The media has been awash in claims that ending fluoridation caused the dramatic spike in Calgary’s tooth decay rates. If this is true, the cavity spike would need to resemble one of the following two patterns:

THEORY #1: Ending fluoridation caused ALL of Calgary’s cavity increase…

THEORY #2: Ending fluoridation caused decay to exceed the rising background level and erase the gap with Edmonton…

To see if these cavity spikes occurred, we must know the cavity rate at the time Calgary stopped fluoridation.

To see if these cavity spikes occurred, we must know the cavity rate at the time Calgary stopped fluoridation. Because, obviously, ending fluoridation cannot be blamed for cavities that occurred before fluoridation ended.

So what does the study show?

The study does not provide data to answer this question... because it (A) only used data from two surveys, and (B) the first survey was completed 6 years before fluoridation ended

BUT...

BUT... there was ANOTHER survey.

BUT... there was ANOTHER survey. And it was completed just 1 year prior to fluoridation ending.

The authors OMITTED this other survey

Why does the third survey matter?

Because it’s much closer in time to when Calgary ended fluoridation, and helps show how much of Calgary’s cavity increase occurred BEFORE fluoridation ended.

So… what does Calgary’s cavity trend look like if we include the data from the omitted survey?

Before we proceed, a note about the data: The 2009/10 survey expresses the cavity rate in terms of decayed “teeth” (instead of decayed “surfaces”). We obtained the weighted deft* scores from the study authors. The complete data is as follows: * deft = decayed, extracted (due to caries), filled primary teeth

And now the data…

As can be seen, cavity rates were increasing BEFORE fluoridation ended...

...and there was NO spike in cavities AFTER fluoridation ended.

Let us now revisit THEORY #1: (i.e., ending fluoridation caused all of Calgary’s cavity increase)

Let us now revisit THEORY #1: (i.e., ending fluoridation caused all of Calgary’s cavity increase) If true, the spike would look like this

Theory #1 vs. Omitted Data Conclusion: Theory #1 is NOT correct

Let us now revisit THEORY #2: (i.e., ending fluoridation caused decay to exceed the rising background level and erase Calgary’s gap with Edmonton)

Let us now revisit THEORY #2: (i.e., ending fluoridation caused decay to exceed the rising background level and erase Calgary’s gap with Edmonton) If true, the spike would look like this...

Theory #2 vs. Omitted Data Conclusion: Theory #2 is also NOT correct

Why was the data omitted?

This is a question that deserves a (credible) answer.

What we do know is that the omitted data directly contradicts claims that ending fluoridation caused Calgary’s cavity spike.

Also... Dr. Trevor Sheldon, a scientist who specializes in evaluating the effectiveness of medical treatments, has identified* many other problems with the Calgary study. * Dr. Sheldon’s analysis is available at:

Dr. Sheldon concludes: “In conclusion I do not think these studies provide a valid assessment of the effect of fluoridation cessation on the levels or distribution of caries in these populations.”

To read Dr. Sheldon’s analysis, see: