title: [20 years of fluoridation in the German Democratic Republic].
abstract: Caries-statistical data obtained from cross-sectional studies on more than 240,000 individuals having an age range from 3 to 18 years, at Karl-Marx-Stadt (where the drinking water contains 1 p.p.m. of fluoride) and several towns with low levels of fluoride content the repercussions of the caries reduction achieved on the system of organized paedodontic care. Due to further development on a legal basis, 1,3 million inhabitants (13%) of the GDR are at present provided with fluoridated water for caries-protective reasons. It is aimed at serving 50% of the inhabitants by 1990.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000266:history; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D011636:Public Health Dentistry
vernacular_title: 20 Jahre Trinkwasserfluoridierung in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.