title: [Bone age of children in 2 communities in Hungary with different fluoride levels in the drinking water].
abstract: The adverse effects of ingested fluoride were investigated. The bone-age of children consuming drinking water containing optimum (about 1 mg/l) fluoride concentration with regard to caries prophylaxis was compared with the bone-age of those consuming drinking water containing low (0.14-0.26 mg/l) fluoride concentration. The examinations were conducted on 7-14-year old Hungarian children. The bone-age was determined by the TW2 method. No significant difference was found between the bone-age of the children belonging to the group consuming water with optimum fluoride concentration and those in the other group consuming water with low fluoride concentration.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000379:methods*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides
vernacular_title: Die Knochenreife von Kindern in zwei Gemeinden in Ungarn mit unterschiedlichem Fluoridgehalt im Trinkwasser.