Tag: fluoridated salt
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Fluoride: A review of use and effects on health.
Introduction: Appropriate oral health care is fundamental for any individual’s health. Dental caries is still one of the major public health problems. The most effective way of caries prevention is the use of fluoride. Aim: The aim of our research was to review the literature about fluoride toxicity and to inform physicians, dentists and public […]
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Fluoride Increase in Saliva and Dental Biofilm due to a Meal Prepared with Fluoridated Water or Salt: A Crossover Clinical Study.
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Is water fluoridation a hidden cause of obesity? Histological study on thyroid follicular cells of albino rats
Introduction: Fluoride in drinking water is known to exert both beneficial and detrimental effects on health. When consumed in excess, it is known to cause adverse effects including dental fluorosis, hip fracture, bone cancer, lower intelligence, and kidney toxicity plus goiter. Aim: This study was carried out to determine the histological changes that might occur […]
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Placental Transfer of Fluoride and Tin in Rats Given Various Fluoride and Tin Salts
Fetal fluoride and tin levels. Two-way analysis of variance of the values for animals fed salts containing fluoride indicated that the variable of test salt did not have a significant effect on fetal fluoride level (P > 0.25). However, the dietary level of fluoride had a highly significant effect (P << 0.01 ) on the […]
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Urinary fluoride excretion in Jamaica in relation to fluoridated salt.
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Monitoring salt fluoridation programs through urinary excretion studies.
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Urinary fluoride levels in Jamaican children in 2008, after 21 years of salt fluoridation.
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Prenatal and postnatal ingestion of fluoride salts: a progress report.
*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, […]
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Other Products
Self-applied fluoride gels Despite safety warnings dating back to the early 1980s (Ekstrand 1981), dentists are still prescribing fluoride gels for home use by patients at high risk of caries, including individuals with reduced salivary flow as a result of of cancer treatment. Patients prescribed self-applied fluoride gels should be aware that this method of […]