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Community Water Fluoridation and Intelligence: Prospective Study in New Zealand
Results: No significant differences in IQ because of fluoride exposure were noted. These findings held after adjusting for potential confounding variables, including sex, socioeconomic status, breastfeeding, and birth weight (as well as educational attainment for...
Is fluoride a risk factor for bone cancer? Small area analysis of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma diagnosed among 0-49-year-olds in Great Britain, 1980-2005.
Results: The study analysed 2566 osteosarcoma and 1650 Ewing sarcoma cases. There was no evidence of an association between osteosarcoma risk and fluoride in drinking water [relative risk (RR) per one part per million increase in the level of fluoride = 1·001; 90%...
Estimated Drinking Water Fluoride Exposure and Risk of Hip Fracture A Cohort Study
Overall, we found no association between chronic fluoride exposure and the occurrence of hip fracture. The risk estimates did not change in analyses restricted to only low-trauma osteoporotic hip fractures. Chronic fluoride exposure from drinking water does not seem...
Fluoridation and Dental Caries Severity in Young Children Treated under General Anaesthesia
Research Design: Consecutive clinical case series: clinical details (diagnoses and the treatments provided) were recorded for children who had received comprehensive dental care under GA between 2000 and 2009. Age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status and...
Caries status in 16 year-olds with varying exposure to water fluoridation in Ireland
Conclusion: The survey provides further evidence of the effectiveness in reducing dental caries experience up to 16 years of age. The extra intricacies involved in using the Percentage Lifetime Exposure method did not provide much more information when compared to the...
Decline in dental caries among 12-year-old children in Brazil, 1980-2005.
Conclusion: Data showed a significant decrease in dental caries across the entire country, with an average reduction of 25% occurring every 5 years. General trends indicated that a reduction in DMFT index values occurred over time, that a further reduction in DMFT...
Effectiveness of water fluoridation in caries prevention.
Conclusion: Fewer studies have been published recently. More of these have investigated effect at the multi-community, state or even national level. The dmf/DMF index remains the most widely used measure of effect. % CR were lower in recent studies, and the ‘halo’...
The association between social deprivation and the prevalence and severity of dental caries and fluorosis in populations with and without water fluoridation
Conclusion: The results of this study support existing work suggesting water fluoridation together with the use of fluoridated dentifrice provides improved caries prevention over the use of fluoridated dentifrice alone. The social gradient between caries and...
Fluoride in drinking water and osteosarcoma incidence rates in the continental United States among children and adolescents
Results: We found no sex-specific statistical differences in the national incidence rates in the younger groups (5–9, 10–14), although 15–19 males were at higher risk to osteosarcoma than females in the same age group (p < 0.001). Sex and age group specific...
An assessment of bone fluoride and osteosarcoma.
The association between fluoride and risk for osteosarcoma is controversial. The purpose of this study was to determine if bone fluoride levels are higher in individuals with osteosarcoma. Incident cases of osteosarcoma (N = 137) and tumor controls (N = 51) were...