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Facts and Fallacies of the Fluoride Controversy: A Contemporary Perspective [PDF]
International Dental JournalFluoride is a natural element recognized for its dental benefits. Fluoride prevents caries due to its antimicrobial activity, enhancing enamel resistance and promoting remineralization After decades of fluoridation of municipal water supplies to reduce ...
Lakshman Samaranayake +3 more
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Water fluoridation and oral health [PDF]
Acta Medica Academica, 2013 Water fluoridation, is the controlled addition of fluoride to the water supply, with the aim of reducing the prevalence of dental caries. Current estimates suggest that approximately 370 million people in 27 countries consume fluoridated water, with an
Máiréad Antoinette Harding +1 more
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Municipality-level characteristics associated with very good quality water fluoridation in Brazil in 2018 [PDF]
Brazilian Oral ResearchThe aim of this study was to analyze factors associated with the quality of fluoridation in water supply systems in Brazil in 2018. An ecological study was conducted using official data sources on fluoridation provision and fluoride concentration ...
Lorrayne Belotti +2 more
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Community Water Fluoridation a Cost–Benefit–Risk Consideration [PDF]
Public Health ChallengesFor over 70 years, the addition of fluoride to public water as community water fluoridation (CWF or fluoridation) with intent to prevent dental caries continues to be controversial, and risks are seldom included in monetary evaluations.
Bill Osmunson, Griffin Cole
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The effect of cessation of drinking water fluoridation on dental restorations and crowns in children aged 3–5 years in Israel – a retrospective study [PDF]
Israel Journal of Health Policy ResearchBackground Community water fluoridation began in the 1945 as a public health measure to prevent and control caries and was implemented in Israel in 1981.
Shiran Shemesh Nezihovski +5 more
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Assessment of Sodium Silicofluoride as a Fluoride Source in Drinking Water Systems [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2022 Fluoridation is a process of adding fluoride to the treated water source as the fluoride present in the drinking water is beneficial in preventing dental and bone caries, especially for children.
Rosiah Rohani +7 more
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Salt fluoridation and oral health [PDF]
Acta Medica Academica, 2013 The aim of this paper is to make known the potential of fluoridated salt in community oral health programs, particularly in South Eastern Europe. Since 1922, the addition of iodine to salt has been successful in Switzerland. Goiter is virtually extinct.
Thomas M. Marthaler
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Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2021 Fluoride was the first compound utilized in the fluoridation of drinking water, and still used today to prevent dental caries. Sodium fluoride exerts it toxic effects on different organs. Ovarian follicle considered as the fundamental unit of ovary.
Hadeel, B. AL-Sabaawy +1 more
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Revista Ambiente & Água, 2021 This study investigated the demographic, socioeconomic, and municipal health indicators related to the quality of water fluoridation. An ecological study was carried out in Espirito Santo state (ES), based on data from the Drinking Water Quality ...
Ariane Mendonça +4 more
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