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Relationship Between Dental Caries Experience and Surface Enamel Fluoride Concentration in Young Men from Three Optimally Fluoridated Cities

Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois 60088, Colgate-Palmolive Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

James R. Mellberg

Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois 60088, Colgate-Palmolive Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Ernest D. Pederson

Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois 60088, Colgate-Palmolive Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

An in vivo enamel biopsy technique was used to determine relationships between dental caries experience and surface enamel fluoride levels in a group of young men from three fluoridated cities on the east coast of the U.S. A significant inverse relationship between enamel thickness and fluoride concentration was observed, and a weak but statistically significant inverse relationship between caries scores and enamel fluoride concentration was noted. The effect was most pronounced in biopsies which did not exceed 5.9 µm in depth.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 59, No. 11, 1941-1945 (1980)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345800590110301


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