Prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis in the United States, 1999-2004 / Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar, Laurie Barker, and Bruce A. Dye.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Beltrán-Aguilar, Eugenio D.

Contributor:

Barker, Laurie

Dye, Bruce A.

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)

Series:

NCHS data brief (Series) ; 1941-4935 no. 53.

DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2011-1209.

NCHS data brief, 1941-4935 ; no. 53

DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2011-1209

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.).

National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. School Children.

Mottled enamel--Epidemiology--Statistics.

Mottled enamel.

Fluorides--Physiological effect--United States--Statistics.

Fluorides.

Fluorosis, Dental--epidemiology.

United States--epidemiology.

Fluorides--Physiological effect.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.).

National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. School Children.

Fluorosis, Dental--epidemiology.

United States--epidemiology.

Genre:

Statistics

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (7 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hyattsville, MD : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, [2010]

Summary:

"Dental fluorosis refers to changes in the appearance of tooth enamel that are caused by long-term ingestion of fluoride during the time teeth are forming. Studies conducted in the 1930s showed that the severity of tooth decay was lower and dental fluorosis was higher in areas with more fluoride in the drinking water. In response to these findings, community water fluoridation programs were developed to add fluoride to drinking water to reach an optimal level for preventing tooth decay, while limiting the chance of developing dental fluorosis. By the 1980s, studies in selected U.S. communities reported an increase in dental fluorosis, paralleling the expansion of water fluoridation and the increased availability of other sources of ingested fluoride, such as fluoride toothpaste (if swallowed) and fluoride supplements. This report describes the prevalence of dental fluorosis in the United States and changes in the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among adolescents between 1986-1987 and 1999-2004. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004 and the 1986-1987 National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. School Children."--Page 1.

Notes:

Title from caption, PDF title screen (viewed on Jan. 25, 2012).

"November 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (page 7).

"CS218649."

"T38041 11/2010."

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Beltrán-Aguilar, Eugenio D. Prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis in the United States, 1999-2004

OCLC:

734053192

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