How fluoridation affects adult dental caries.
Oral assessments conducted to measure caries experience in adults reveal that, on average, each year of exposure to fluoridated water reduced DFS by 0.29 surfaces. Fluoridation appears to have both pre- and post-eruptive benefits.
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Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
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Spadafora
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D000328:Adult; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005457:Fluoridation; D006801:Humans; D007061:Idaho / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology