A photographic study of enamel defects among South Australian school children.
Colour photographs were taken of the anterior teeth of 1757 consenting 8-9 year old primary school children in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas of South Australia. Children with a lifelong exposure to fluoridated water were significantly more likely to have blemished permanent incisor teeth than the children who had never resided in a fluoridated area. Children who resided in a non-fluoridated area but had taken fluoride supplements at some stage in their first five years had a prevalence of enamel blemishes equivalent to those of children in fluoridated areas of the State.
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D015982:Bias; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000187:drug effects*; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D015588:Observer Variation; D010781:Photography; D015995:Prevalence; D013021:South Australia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D005459:Fluorides