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fluoridation of water

Addition of fluoride compounds to water (see fluorine) at one part per million to reduce dental caries (cavities). This practice is based on the lower rates of caries seen in areas with moderate natural fluoridation of water and on studies showing that sound teeth contain more fluoride than cavity-prone teeth and that fluorides help prevent or reduce dental caries. Fluoridation decreases the number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth in children (which increases if fluoridation is stopped), but it has provoked controversy in some cases. Excess fluoride may cause tooth mottling (a problem of appearance only) and, in higher doses, bone abnormalities. Fluoridation also helps prevent rickets in infants and children and helps the thyroid maintain a normal basal metabolic rate.

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ONCE again the issue of the fluoridation of water supplies rears its ugly head.

No to fluoridation; Mailbag by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

So the hearing room for testimony on Senate Bill 311, which would require the fluoridation of water in Washoe County, filled up quickly Monday.

The government says it’s good, so Nevadans say no to fluoride by David McGrath Scwhartz / Las Vegas Sun

4) Interestingly, when it was observed that children born in Bauxite after a new water supply had been obtained demonstrated a much higher incidence of dental caries than those who had been exposed to the former fluoride-containing water, the impetus was provided to the United States Public Health Service to initiate a series of studies in order to ascertain whether the fluoridation of water could be employed as a practical measure to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.

Dental fluorosis in the Cape Verde Islands: prevalence of clinical ... by Traub, Daniel J.; Gallup, Bruce V.; Traub, Michael A.; Donald, Tamara / Archives: The International Journal of Medicine

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fluorescent in situ hybridization

Fluorescent Lamp

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