Community water fluoridation and caries prevention: a critical review
@article{Pizzo2007CommunityWF, title={Community water fluoridation and caries prevention: a critical review}, author={G. Pizzo and M. R. Piscopo and I. Pizzo and G. Giuliana}, journal={Clinical Oral Investigations}, year={2007}, volume={11}, pages={189-193} }
The aim of this paper was to critically review the current role of community water fluoridation in preventing dental caries. Original articles and reviews published in English language from January 2001 to June 2006 were selected through MEDLINE database. Other sources were taken from the references of the selected papers. For the past 50 years community water fluoridation has been considered the milestone of caries prevention and as one of the major public health measures of the 20th century… CONTINUE READING
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