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A Potential Model for the Interaction of Enamel Fluoride and Plaque in the Development of Dental Caries

Fred L. Bookstein

Forsyth Dental Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA

Paul F. Depaola

Forsyth Dental Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA

We have previously reported an epidemiological study of the relationship between caries experience and surface enamel fluoride in man.1 In this work, fluoride was measured as loge mass F corrected to a standardized depth, and caries experience was expressed as \/DMFS. The rationale for the logarithmic and square root transformations has been described in detail.1,2 We found a simple linear relationship between loge mass F and -{surd}DMFS. The multiple correlation, taking age into account, was R = 0.40. In this same investigation, the dental debris of the subjects was measured using the Greene and Vermillion Simplified Oral Hygiene Index.3 The present study represents a continuation of the work in which an attempt is made to bring plaque into the model via a regression of caries experience on fluoride and plaque simultaneously.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 56, No. 3 suppl, C40-C45 (1977)
DOI: 10.1177/002203457705600315011
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