Ten years of fluoridation in Perth, Western Australia.
The caries experience of children aged six, eight, and ten years, examined in Perth after ten years of fluoridation was less than half that of children examined before fluoridation. In a concurrent survey, the caries experience of children examined in two unfluoridated towns was double that of the Perth children.
D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D005457:Fluoridation; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar / Q000601:surgery; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000601:surgery; D014505:Urban Population