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A comparison of dental fluorosis in adult populations with and without lifetime exposure to water fluoridation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The study was funded by Public Health England. Thanks go to John Morris for assistance with study design, David Landes and Janet Clarke for identification of practices; also to all participating dental practices: Castle Vale Dental, mydentist–Consett, Stanley Dental, DCO Dental and Windsor Dental. The views expressed are those of the authors and not […]
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Water fluoridation and hip fracture
In a recent article in THE JOURNAL, Jacobsen et al (1) demonstrated a positive ecologic association between hip fracture discharge rates in the United States and fluoride content in water supplies. In a similar study, we recently reported the ecological association of discharge rates for hip fracture and water fluoride levels in 39 county districts […]
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Fluoridated toothpaste: usage and ingestion of fluoride by 4- to 6-yr-old children in England
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The prevalence and severity of fluorosis in children who received toothpaste containing either 440 or 1,450 ppm F from the age of 12 months in deprived and less deprived communities
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Fluorine in the aetiology of endemic goitre
MANY different factors leading to relative or absolute deficiency of iodine may cause changes in the thyroid gland. May (1935) found that the administration of fluorine to rats produced hypoplasia of the thyroid epithelium with altered staining reaction of the colloid. Having experimented with over 800 patients, he advocated internal fluorine therapy in the treatment […]