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Salt fluoridation and oral health [PDF]

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Surveillance of public water supply fluoridation and municipal indicators: an analysis in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

Deprived areas and community water fluoridation in Brazil: a multilevel approach for refocusing public policy [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary multilevel analysis of the effectiveness of water fluoridation in Australia

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Aims: Water fluoridation was extended in Queensland, Australia, across 2009–2011. A research program was commenced to inform the rationale for and the outcome of this program, to estimate the effectiveness of water fluoridation in preventing caries and ...
L. Do, A. Spencer
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Awareness Survey on Community Water Fluoridation by Region

open access: yes치위생과학회지, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

The growth and dissolution of sodium fluoride hopper crystalsWhy Is This Important?

open access: yesJADA Foundational Science, 2023
Background: Caries is still prevalent despite the current understanding and use of fluoride. Faster-dissolving crystals of sodium fluoride (NaF) in a fluoride treatment could improve the efficacy of current preventative approaches. Methods: In this study,
Alexis N. Frigyes, BS, MS   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of clinical, social and environmental variables with dental caries prevalence in adolescents from a Brazilian municipality supplied with fluoridated water

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Coletiva, 2021
Background Although a trend towards dental caries reduction has been observed, further investigations on its pattern and development are still needed.
Ana Paula Ferreira Marques   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME CLAY MATERIALS AS FLUORIDE ADSORBENT FROM GROUNDWATER IN GHANA [PDF]

open access: yesEarth Science Malaysia, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring of fluoride in the public water supply using electrometric or colorimetric analyses

open access: yesRevista Ambiente & Água, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

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