Fig. 1From: Consequences of community water fluoridation cessation for Medicaid-eligible children and adolescents in Juneau, AlaskaMean caries restoration costs according to age for children with optimal or suboptimal community water fluoridation (CWF). First, the mean cost in 2003 for children with optimal CWF was calculated; the mean cost in 2003 was then adjusted for inflation (*1.25) according to the 2012 dollar value; and lastly the increase cost attributed to suboptimal CWF was calculatedBack to article page