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Longitudinal caries prevalence in a comprehensive, multicomponent, school-based prevention program.
Background: Globally, children's caries prevalence exceeds 30% and has not markedly changed in 30 years. School-based caries prevention programs can be an effective method to reduce caries prevalence, obviate traditional barriers to care, and use... Read More
United States, National USA
Friday, February 26th, 2021
An X-ray Like a Christmas Tree: One Refugee's Mysterious Case
See The Lancet (Jan 19, 2019), Skeletal fluorosis in a resettled refugee from Kakuma refugee camp, which was the first to report on the story below. Mohammed Hassan arrived in Canada from a Kenyan refugee camp... Read More
Canada, Alberta East African Rift Valley
Friday, February 26th, 2021
Effects of fluoride emission on the morphoanatomy of three plant species endemics to Brazil using passive biomonitoring.
Abstract Fluoride is the most phytotoxic atmospheric pollutant. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of fluoride emissions by an aluminum smelter on three plant species endemics to Brazil, located at Parque Estadual do... Read More