Efficacy of fluoride on dental caries reduction by means of a community water supply.
A study of 200 children, patients of the City of New Orleans Health Department Bureau, was made to determine the effects of a fluoridated water supply (the Mississippi River) on their caries experience. Results show that drinking water is a very cost-effective vehicle of fluoride administration, and that a fluoridated community water supply does indeed reduce the numbers of caries lesions and extractions.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000191:economics; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis
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