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[Constant fluoridation of drinking water and the incidence of dental caries in children and juveniles (author's transl)]. 1980

W Künzel

The regular examination of 20,000 children and juveniles aged 6 to 15 (permanent teeth) and some 12.500 three- to eight-year-olds (deciduous teeth) has shown that the incidence of dental caries (DMF/T and df/t indices) is directly dependent upon the constant fluoridation of drinking water (1.0 +/- 0.1 ppm F). The reduction in dental caries observed on both deciduous and permanent teeth as a result of twelve years of fluoridation of drinking water, which was started in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1959, was followed, because of the necessity to temporarily discontinue the addition of fluorine salts to the drinking water, by a slight increase in caries which could be checked through refluorination. After eighteen years of fluoridation of drinking water, the situation can again be considered to be in equilibrium. The need for proper fluoridation and regular control thereof through analyzing the fluorine content of drinking water is pointed out.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003731	Dental Caries	Localized destruction of the tooth surface initiated by decalcification of the enamel followed by enzymatic lysis of organic structures and leading to cavity formation. If left unchecked, the cavity may penetrate the enamel and dentin and reach the pulp.	Caries, Dental,Carious Lesions,Dental Cavities,Dental Cavity,Dental Decay,Dental White Spots,Carious Dentin,Decay, Dental,Dental White Spot,White Spot, Dental,White Spots, Dental,Carious Dentins,Carious Lesion,Cavities, Dental,Cavity, Dental,Dentin, Carious,Dentins, Carious,Lesion, Carious,Lesions, Carious,Spot, Dental White,Spots, Dental White
D004245	DMF Index	"Decayed, missing and filled teeth," a routinely used statistical concept in dentistry.	Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth,DMF Indexes,DMF Indexe,DMF Indices,Index, DMF,Indexe, DMF,Indexes, DMF,Indices, DMF
D005457	Fluoridation	Practice of adding fluoride to water, and other food or beverages, for the purpose of preventing DENTAL CARIES.	Milk Fluoridation,Salt Fluoridation,Water Fluoridation,Fluoridation, Milk,Fluoridation, Salt,Fluoridation, Water
D005859	Germany, East	The former German Democratic Republic which was reunified with the former Federal Republic of Germany in 1990.	Democratic Republic of Germany,German Democratic Republic,Germany, Democratic Republic of
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D014094	Tooth, Deciduous	The teeth of the first dentition, which are shed and replaced by the permanent teeth.	Primary Tooth,Tooth, Primary,Baby Teeth,Baby Tooth,Dentition, Deciduous,Dentition, Primary,Milk Teeth,Milk Tooth,Primary Teeth,Teeth, Deciduous,Teeth, Primary,Deciduous Dentition,Deciduous Dentitions,Deciduous Teeth,Deciduous Tooth,Dentitions, Deciduous,Dentitions, Primary,Primary Dentition,Primary Dentitions,Teeth, Baby,Teeth, Milk,Tooth, Baby,Tooth, Milk