Relationships between fluoride in enamel, DMFT Index and fluorosis in high- and low-fluoride areas in South Africa
Merwe, E. H. M. ; Bischoff, J. I. ; Fatti, L. P. ; Retief, D. H. ; Barbakow, F. H. ; Friedman, M.
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Published 1977
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Published 1977
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1600-0528
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Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
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Medicine
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abstract The DMFT Index, degree of fluorosis (DEGF), and enamel fluoride concentration (F) were determined in 88 children living in a high- and 79 children living in a low-fluoride area in South Africa. The following interrelationships between these parameters were found: in both areas there was a significant negative correlation between log F and age; in the high-fluoride area there was a significant positive correlation between log F and DEGF; and in the combined data from the two areas there were significant correlations between log F and area, log F and age, and log F and DEGF, and a significant association between DEGF and area. There were no significant correlations between DMFT and log F and between DMFT and DEGF.
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Electronic Resource
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