Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH
Recall Faculty
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
School of Dentistry
howard.pollick@ucsf.edu 415-476-9872
Dentist, California Dental License #23263
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Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health. Director, Dental Public Health Residency, UCSF. (2012-2019) Chair, California Fluoridation Advisory Committee. California Oral Health Technical Assistance Center. Fluoridation Consultant. California Department of Public Health, Office of Oral Health. Expert Spokesperson on Fluoridation, American Dental Association (2004 - 2024). Chair, Oral Health Section, California Public Health Association - North Chair, Committee on Educational Policy, UCSF and School of Dentistry (2013-15) Chair, Admissions Committee, UCSF School of Dentistry (2015-16)
Awards
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- John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award, American Public Health Association’s Oral Health Section, 2017
- Public Service Award, UCSF Chancellor, 2015
- Distinguished Faculty Member Award, American College of Dentists, Northern California Section, 2011
- Fluoridation Merit Award, Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, 2010
Education & Training
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- P.G.Cert. Dental Public Health University of California, San Francisco 1982
- MPH Public Health UC Berkeley 06/1980
- BDS Dentistry University of Manchester 07/1967
Publications (28)
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Sodium Chloride, DietaryFluoridationModels, OrganizationalDental Care for ChildrenFluoridesSocieties, DentalDental CariesFoundationsCariostatic AgentsIntelligenceOral HealthWater SupplyMaternal ExposureEvidence-Based DentistryDental Care
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C.E. Credit. Truth Decay and Tooth Decay: The Role of Dental Teams in Sharing the Science of Community Water Fluoridation
Journal of the California Dental Association 2024 Zokaie, T, Jacob, M, & Pollick, HF -
PracticeUpdate website
A commentary on: Dental patients' perceptions of and desired content from patient health portals. 2023 Pollick H. -
PracticeUpdate website
A commentary on: Patterns of fluoride intake from 6 to 17 years of age: The Iowa Fluoride Study. 2022 Pollick H. Accessed November 15, 2022 -
Community water fluoridation and the integrity of equitable public health infrastructure.
Journal of public health dentistry 2021 Zokaie T, Pollick H -
Review of Safety, Frequency and Intervals of Preventive Fluoride Varnish Application for Children. CDA JOURNAL, VOL 47, Nº11. Pages 713-718.
https://www.cda.org/Portals/0/journal/journal_112019.pdf
California Dental Association Journal 2020 Lisa H. Berens, DDS, MPH; Mimansa Cholera, BDS, MPH; Deborah Elam, MS, CAE; Susan A. Fisher-Owens, MD, MPH; Margaret Fisher, RDAHP; Stuart A. Gansky, DrPH, MS; Irene V. Hilton, DDS, MPH; Kara Lugtu, …
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Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure and Child IQ.
JAMA pediatrics 2020 Gehani CP, Pollick H, Stevenson RA -
Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure and Child IQ.
JAMA pediatrics 2020 Gehani CP, Pollick H, Stevenson RA -
Children Who Live in Mainly Fluoridated us Counties Have Less Tooth Decay.
The journal of evidence-based dental practice 2019 Pollick H -
Community Water Fluoridation Benefits US Children From Poor Families More Than Those From More Affluent Families.
The journal of evidence-based dental practice 2019 Pollick H -
The Role of Fluoride in the Prevention of Tooth Decay.
Pediatric clinics of North America 2018 Pollick H -
Science, Politics, and Communication: The Case of Community Water Fluoridation in the US.
Annals of epidemiology 2017 Allukian M, Carter-Pokras OD, Gooch BF, Horowitz AM, Iida H, Jacob M, Kleinman DV, Kumar J, Maas WR, Pollick H, Rozier RG -
Salt fluoridation: a review.
Journal of the California Dental Association 2013 Pollick HF -
The CDA Foundation model to fluoridate communities.
Journal of the California Dental Association 2012 Stocks M, Pollick H -
Evidence-based clinical recommendations regarding fluoride intake from reconstituted infant formula and enamel fluorosis: a report of the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2011 Berg J, Gerweck C, Hujoel PP, King R, Krol DM, Kumar J, Levy S, Pollick H, Whitford GM, Strock S, Aravamudhan K, Frantsve-Hawley J, Meyer DM, American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs … -
Evidence-based clinical recommendations on the prescription of dietary fluoride supplements for caries prevention: a report of the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2010 Rozier RG, Adair S, Graham F, Iafolla T, Kingman A, Kohn W, Krol D, Levy S, Pollick H, Whitford G, Strock S, Frantsve-Hawley J, Aravamudhan K, Meyer DM -
Water consumption beliefs and practices in a rural Latino community: implications for fluoridation.
Journal of public health dentistry 2010 Scherzer T, Barker JC, Pollick H, Weintraub JA -
Concerns about water fluoridation, IQ, and osteosarcoma lack credible evidence.
International journal of occupational and environmental health 2006 Pollick HF -
Improving the oral health of Alaska natives.
American journal of public health 2005 Campbell D, Pollick HF, Lituri KM, Horowitz AM, Brown J, Janssen JA, Yoder K, Garcia RI, Deinard A, Hemphill S, de la Torre MA, Shrestha B, Vargas CM -
Scientific evidence continues to support fluoridation of public water supplies.
International journal of occupational and environmental health 2005 Pollick HF -
Water fluoridation and the environment: current perspective in the United States.
International journal of occupational and environmental health 2004 Pollick HF -
The association of early childhood caries and race/ethnicity among California preschool children.
Journal of public health dentistry 2003 Shiboski CH, Gansky SA, Ramos-Gomez F, Ngo L, Isman R, Pollick HF -
The estimated cost of treating unmet dental restorative needs of Mexican-American children from Southwestern US HHANES, 1982-83.
Journal of public health dentistry 1991 Pollick HF, Pawson IG, Martorell R, Mendoza FS -
Leaks in dental gloves.
Journal of the California Dental Association 1989 Koumjian JH, Pollick HF -
A pre-referendum survey of fluoridation attitudes and intended vote.
Community dental health 1988 Pollick HF -
Dental health of recent immigrant children in the Newcomer schools, San Francisco.
American journal of public health 1987 Pollick HF, Rice AJ, Echenberg D -
Ethics and geriatrics.
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry 1981 Pollick HF -
Transplantation experience.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 1978 Pollick HF -
Jaw lesions in familial hyperparathyroidism.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology 1971 Kennett S, Pollick H