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Eleven years of monitoring fluoride content in public water supplies: methods, products, and importance to public health

Bioscience Journal, 2017
This study aimed to assay the development process and the characteristics of a program in uninterrupted activity for over 11 years, which monitors fluoride content in public water supplies, emphasizing the methodology used in the research, the services ...
Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz, Luis Felipe Pupim dos Santos, Nemre Adas Saliba, Orlando Saliba   +3 more
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Fluoride concentration in bottled water: a systematic review

Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva, 2015
This study aimed to summarize major methodological features and main findings described in the studies on fluoride concentration monitoring in bottled water, published in specialized journals between 2008 and 2012, highlighting their implications for ...
Ceci Queluz Venturini, Paulo Frazão
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Effects of community water fluoridation on child dental caries in remote Northern Territory, Australia: a difference-in-difference analysis

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: Community water fluoridation (CWF) is a cost-effective intervention to reduce dental caries at population level. This Australian study used a difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis to measure dental caries in children exposed to CWF in ...
Ramakrishna Chondur, Kate Raymond, Yuejen Zhao, Ross Bailie, Paul Burgess   +4 more
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Fluoride Depletes Acidogenic Taxa in Oral but Not Gut Microbial Communities in Mice

mSystems, 2017
Fluoridation of drinking water and dental products prevents dental caries primarily by inhibiting energy harvest in oral cariogenic bacteria (such as Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis), thus leading to their depletion.
Koji Yasuda, Tiffany Hsu, Carey A. Gallini, Lauren J. Mclver, Emma Schwager, Andy Shi, Casey R. DuLong, Randall N. Schwager, Galeb S. Abu-Ali, Eric A. Franzosa, Wendy S. Garrett, Curtis Huttenhower, Xochitl C. Morgan   +12 more
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Fluoride concentration in drinking water sources and associated health risks

Journal of Oral Research
Background: Studies have shown that fluoride is present in various natural sources and plays a key role in preventing tooth decay. However, excessive exposure has been linked to adverse health effects. In recent years, cases of dental fluorosis have been
José Gamarra, Nelly Molina-Frechero, Enrique Gaona, Salvador García-López, Enrique Castañeda-Castaneira, Alberto Pierdant-Rodríguez   +5 more
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Effects of fluoridation of porcine hydroxyapatite on osteoblastic activity of human MG63 cells

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2015
Biological hydroxyapatite, derived from animal bones, is the most widely used bone substitute in orthopedic and dental treatments. Fluorine is the trace element involved in bone remodeling and has been confirmed to promote osteogenesis when administered ...
Zhipeng Li, Baoxin Huang, Sui Mai, Xiayi Wu, Hanqing Zhang, Wei Qiao, Xin Luo, Zhuofan Chen   +7 more
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Fluoridated milk is effective in prevention of enamel caries in adolescents: a randomised trial

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
Objective: To investigate whether low daily doses of fluoridated milk, as an adjunct to oral hygiene routines with fluoridated toothpaste, can prevent caries development in enamel and dentine in adolescents.
Madeleine Rohlin, Jessica Neilands, Julia R. Davies, Per-Erik Isberg, Claes Wickström, Gunnel Svensäter   +5 more
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Fluoride

Advances in Nutrition, 2022
Fatemeh V Zohoori, Marilia Buzalaf
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Ten years of external control of the fluoride level in public drinking water provided by Brazilian cities, Brazil, 1996-2006 [PDF]

RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia, 2008
Objective: To evaluate the program of external control of water fluoridation performed in the periods between 1996 and 2006 by ten cities: eight in the State of São Paulo, one in Minas Gerais and another in the State of Ceará.
Jaime Aparecido Cury, Maria da Luz Rosário de Souza, Carolina de Oliveira, Regiane Cristina do Amaral, Danilo Bonadia Catani   +4 more
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Controle operacional da fluoretação da água de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o controle operacional da fluoretação da água na estação de tratamento (ETA) que abastece o Município de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, durante o período de janeiro a dezembro de 2000.
Lucianne Cople Maia, Ana Maria Gondim Valença, Eduardo Lúcio Soares, Jaime Aparecido Cury   +3 more
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