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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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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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Deprived areas and community water fluoridation in Brazil: a multilevel approach for refocusing public policy [PDF]
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether geographic location, socioeconomic status, infant mortality, and mortality from diarrheal disease in health regions are associated with the provision of community water fluoridation (CWF) in ...
Franklin Barbosa da Silva +2 more
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Awareness Survey on Community Water Fluoridation by Region
Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the pro-con of re-implementation by administrative areas and the difference in perception of community water fluoridation in implemented and non-implemented areas after the community water ...
Ye-Eun Joung +6 more
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Water fluoridation and oral health [PDF]
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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Monitoring of fluoride in the public water supply using electrometric or colorimetric analyses
The surveillance of the concentration of fluoride in the public water supply aims to ensure the balance between the benefits (carie prevention) and risk (dental fluorosis) of water fluoridation programs. The aim of this study was to check the accuracy of
Caio Luiz Lins-Candeiro +5 more
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Salt fluoridation and oral health [PDF]
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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A Model for the Analysis of Caries Occurrence in Primary Molar Tooth Surfaces [PDF]
Recently methods of caries quantification in the primary dentition have moved away from summary ‘whole mouth’ measures at the individual level to methods based on generalised linear modelling (GLM) approaches or survival analysis approaches. However, GLM
Baelum V +29 more
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Background Tooth decay can cause pain, sleepless nights and loss of productive workdays. Fluoridation of drinking water was identified in the 1940s as a cost-effective method of prevention.
Deborah Moore +5 more
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GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME CLAY MATERIALS AS FLUORIDE ADSORBENT FROM GROUNDWATER IN GHANA [PDF]
This research conducted in the Upper East Region of Ghana characterizes Termitaria and residual clays from Navrongo to establish effective fluoride adsorbent from boreholes in Bongo area.
Eric E. Bayari +3 more
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