*This study was made possible, in part by research grant D 70 from the United States
Public Health Service, U, S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and in part
by a grant from the New Jersey Dental Research Association, Inc.
Enziflur@ tablets were supplied for this study by Ayerst Laboratories, 22 East 40th Street, New York. Sodium monoflurophosphate for the study was supplied by Ozark-Mahoning Company, Tulsa Oklahoma.
Summary
Data is presented showing exact quantity of k
SUMMARY
Data is presented showing that fluoride ingested by gravid women enters the maternal circulation, is stored in the placenta and passes through the placental barrier to enter the foetal blood supply.
Evidence is presented that the fluoride in the foetal blood supply affects the developing teeth to make them more resistant .to dental caries. No unusual effects have been observed on the blood pictures of children who ingested fluoride.
One percent of our cases presented evidence of u
[T]he significant decrease in the number of other skin rashes leaves room for speculation, seeming to favor the view that a small segment of the population may have some kind of intolerance to fluoride. This group of people should be studied further. The most frequently reported symptoms that disappeared from the time of actual to known discontinuation of fluoridation seemed to be itching and dryness of the skin.
Stomatitis has been seen with increasing frequency the past fifteen months (prior to October 1956). At first I was quite aware that a gastrointestinal disturbance, gall bladder disorder or some physical or pyschologic factor might be producing some of the oral lesions which I was seeing. However, as time passed I became more and more cognizant of one basic underlying factor -- namely, practically all of the patients whom I was seeing were using dental powder or cream which contained one of the f
Case Report
For prevention of dental caries, a 17-year-old boy had intermittently used a gel containing different fluoride compounds over a period of 2 years. In the last 2 months, 1 to 2 days after application, he had developed itchy perioral erythematous papules and plaques, with vesicles of the oral mucosa. The lesions healed within 1 to 2 weeks, followed by perioral scaling. Other dentifrices were tolerated well.
Patch tests were carried out with the European standard series, drug and oint
Sodium fluoride (NaF) is. used for the treatment and prevention of dental caries. Its application to the teeth makes the dental enamel more resistant to acid. In some communities, it is added to the water if the geographical area lacks sufficient fluoride. Another method of preventing dental caries is the use of sodium fluoride topically on the teeth in solution or in toothpastes or gels. Other indications for sodium fluoride are as an insecticide and rodenticide. It has also been used orally to
