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High prevalence of dental fluorosis among adolescents is a growing concern: a school based cross-sectional study from Southern India.

April 4, 2017 | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Verma A, Shetty BK, Guddattu V, Chourasia MK, Pundir P. | 22:17; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-017-0624-9
Background Fluorosis, caused by ingestion of excessive amount of fluoride through food or water, is a major public health problem in India. This study was undertaken to quantify the dental fluorosis burden among school going adolescents and to find factors associated with dental fluorosis in Kolar taluka, Karnataka, India. Methods A total of 1026 high school adolescents (12–17 years) were enrolled from different schools selected by stratified sampling method. Dental examinatio

Potential Co-exposure to Arsenic and Fluoride and Biomonitoring Equivalents for Mexican Children.

July 27, 2018 | Annals of Global Health | Limón-Pacheco JH, Jiménez-Córdova MI, Cárdenas-González M, Sánchez Retana IM, | 84(2):257-273.
Excerpts: Fluoride toothpaste use has been one of the most common strategies to prevent dental caries in Mexico and worldwide. Studies have reported that between 49.8% to 90.9% of children 6 to 13 years old use fluoride toothpaste at least once a day [45]. Toothpaste fluoride concentrations for children in Mexico varied from nondetectable to 1153 mg/Kg, with an average of 563 ± 350 mg/Kg [46]. These large variations are due in part to the lack of an official regulation and nonmandatory norma