title: Prevalence of dental fluorosis in relation with different fluoride levels in drinking water among school going children in Sarada tehsil of Udaipur district, Rajasthan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of dental fluorosis in relation with different fluoride levels in drinking water among school going children of 6-12 years age group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dental fluorosis was recorded using Dean's index in school children of selected villages. The drinking water samples of all the selected villages were collected in polyethylene bottles and the fluoride content of these samples was determined by fluoride ion selective method using Orion microprocessor analyser.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence of dental fluorosis was found to be 69.84%. An increase in the community fluorosis index (CFI) with corresponding increase in water fluoride content was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was an increase in prevalence of dental fluorosis with a corresponding increase in water fluoride content from 0.8 ppm to 4.1 ppm. A significantly strong positive correlation was found between CFI and fluoride concentration in drinking water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, India. sarvaiyabhumi@gmail.com
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Sarvaiya
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhayya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis*; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D017736:Ion-Selective Electrodes; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005459:Fluorides