Fluorine and Dental Caries
- 13 June 1946
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 234 (24) , 791-797
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194606132342404
Abstract
Effect of Fluorine on Dental CariesTHE earliest references in the literature on the relation of fluorine to dental caries were made in 1916 by McKay and Black,56 , 57 who studied the so-called "Colorado brown stain." During the following decade mottled enamel and dental caries were extensively studied by McKay58 , 59 and Bunting et al.51 It was not until 1931, however, according to Dean60 that fluorine was discovered as the cause of mottled enamel. Four methods were used in studying the cause, prevalence and control of mottled enamel and the lowered prevalence of dental caries in certain areas. These consisted in refinements . . .Keywords
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