The utilization of a systemic fluoride method must be controlled in terms of risks and benefits. The reason for this is that while a small dose will not be effective in preventing dental caries, a larger dose may cause dental fluorosis. Therefore the knowledge of the fluoride concentration found in the bottled mineral waters sold throughout the Brazilian market the consumption of which has incr...

BACKGROUND Calcium intake in North America remains substantially below recommended amounts. Bottled waters high in calcium could help close that gap. OBJECTIVES The objectives were to summarize and integrate published absorbability and biodynamic data concerning high-calcium mineral waters and to combine these data with hitherto unpublished analyses from my laboratory. DESIGN The usual libr...

background: there is a rapid increase worldwide in the consumption of mineral waters which may contain different level of radioactive elements, especially 226ra, in addition to varying amounts of beneficial salts. therefore, a comprehensive study was planned and carried out in order to determine concentration of 226ra natural radionuclide in bottled mineral waters that commercially available in...