Att. 2b Email Invite Fluoride Status

Email invitation to states to provide fluoridation status and corresponding population

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-XXXX (for CDC)

Exp. Date xx/xx/20xx

Date:	April xx, 20xx
To:	State Dental Directors State Drinking Water Administrators State Fluoridation Specialists
From:	<Name>, National Fluoridation Engineer
	CDC Division of Oral Health

Re: Request to participate in the national community water fluoridation surveillance

Dear Colleagues,

CDC respectfully requests your participation in the national oral health surveillance by validating and updating the fluoridation status and corresponding population data of your state’s community water systems (CWS). The data will be used in the national fluoridation surveillance reports prepared by CDC and published on its website.

Attached is the annual discrepancy data report prepared by CDC for your state, which identifies the differences between the data in the EPA SDWIS and the CDC WFRS data for your CWS.  It is important to use the discrepancy data report as a guide to update the data; it also is intended to reduce your effort by pinpointing the exact data which is incongruent. 

The attached instructions should answer your questions about how to validate and update the data, however, if you need assistance or have any concerns, please contact National Fluoridation Engineer <name> at CDC by email at [email protected] or by phone at (xxx) xxx-xxxx.

The deadline for submitting data is October 1, 20xx.

Thank you for your participation.

Sincerely,

Division of Oral Health

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

www.cdc.gov/oralhealth

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