title: Fluoride sources and dental attendance habits among adults in communities with optimal and low water fluoride concentrations.
abstract: The aim of this study was to obtain data on local fluoride supply, dental attendance, and dental care habits in two sociologically similar municipalities with optimal, 1.0 ppm, and low, 0.3 ppm, water fluoride concentrations, respectively. The participants in the study were 30- to 40-year-old lifetime residents in the two municipalities: 569 individuals from the 1-ppm fluoride community and 466 from the low-fluoride community. There were no intergroup differences in the fluoride mouthrinse utilization rate of 1%. Fluoride toothpaste was much more common in the low-fluoride area. In the 1-ppm fluoride area more people drank tea, and they went more regularly to the dentist. It is suggested that dental attendance habits and various fluoride sources should be taken into account in studies evaluating the effect of fluoride in drinking water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cariology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wiktorsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martinsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003729:Dental Care; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009067:Mouthwashes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012923:Social Class; D013548:Sweden; D013662:Tea; D014100:Toothpastes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009067:Mouthwashes; D013662:Tea; D014100:Toothpastes; D005459:Fluorides