The medical aspects of water fluoridation.
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چکیده
T HE DENTAL benefits from drinking water containing about 1 part per million (1 ppm = 1 mg/I) of fluoride ion during childhood are well known. The safety of adjusting public supplies of drinking water to this content of fluoride in temperate climates (or to about 0.7 ppm in hotter areas) is universally accepted among reputable professional groups with an interest in the problem of dental caries. The National Research Council, The American Medical Associalion, The American Dental Association, and The Commission on Chronic Illness, among many others, have taken unequivocal positions in this connection. The American Academy of Pediatrics, in an official resolution on water fluoridation,’ has approved “the addition of up to approximately 1 part in a million of fluoride to communal water supplies in order to reduce dental caries in the children of our nation.” The practicing pediatrician who wishes to lend his support in promoting water fluoridation in his own community does not lack sound professional backing or need more evidence on the safety of this procedure. His immediate need is for more specific information to counteract the arguments raised by the increasingly vociferous groups in opposition to this procedure. This paper will, therefore, touch briefly on the dental
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatrics
دوره 19 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1957