The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among 12-15-year-old students from João Pessoa, PB, Brazil before starting a program of artificial fluoridation of drinking water. The use of fluoridated dentifrice was also surveyed. A sample of 1,402 students was randomly selected. However, 31 students refused to participate and 257 were not permanent resid...

There is much that we know about fluoride as it relates to human health in general and dental health in particular. Some of the information that is known concerning water fluoridation and dental fluorosis is listed. What we do not know about fluoride is discussed in more detail, namely the efficacy of lower levels of fluoride in drinking water, the effect of discontinuing fluoride in drinking w...

The prevalence of dental fluorosis has increased since the 1930s in both fluoridated and nonfluoridated United States communities because of increased exposure to systemic fluorides. 1-4 Although the increase in dental fluorosis is of the mild and very mild categories and poses no immediate health problem, more severe levels are of esthetic concern and may threaten the continued use of systemic...

Introduction: Fluoride releasing dental materials releases maximum fluoride within twenty four hours which reduces thereafter.If we could recharge on the daily basis,the caries preventive effect from can be prolonged. Aim and Objectives: The present study is undertaken to compare evaluate of by fluoridated dentifrice. Materials Method: used in this are GC Fuji Type IX,Fuji Plus,Zirconomer Impro...

Compared to other population groups in the United States, caries (tooth decay) is a disproportionately prevalent disease among Latino populations, especially among low-income and rural sub-groups and children under five years of age. Fluoride is a primary preventive for caries. While water fluoridation is a major and effective public health means for delivering fluoride on a mass scale, it does...

Aim: Several dentifrices have been shown to be effective in reducing dentine hypersensitivity ® (DH). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the desensitizing efficacy of Aclaim toothpaste. Materials and Method: A double blind randomized controlled clinical trial was performed on 40 ® subjects in which 20 were asked to use Aclaim toothpaste (test group) and 20 were asked to use fluoridate...

Purpose was to evaluate the effect of toothpastes pH on enamel remineralization. Six fluoride toothpaste and one without fluoride were applied to the enamel slabs. Twenty eight enamel slabs were divided into seven groups and subjected to a daily cycling regimen with brushing treatments, demineralization and remineralization in artificial saliva. The surface microhardness (SMH) was calculated fr...