Pre- and Posteruptive Fluoride: Do Both Actions Control Caries?
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Pre- and Posteruptive Fluoride: Do Both Actions Control Caries?
Discussion, which can get spirited, has been going on about fluoride’s primary mode of action for some years. In the early days of fluoride research, it was assumed that the anticaries benefits of fluoride came from preemptive effects; however, posteruptive action was soon evident. Today the primacy of the posteruptive hypothesis is hardly questioned; remaining questions concern the role of pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health Dentistry
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-4006,1752-7325
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2004.tb02778.x