The evaluation of caries-risk factors among the students of 1st and 2nd year of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the Pomeranian Medical University in  Szczecin.

Pol, Justyna; Buczkowska-Radlińska, Jadwiga; Szmidt, Monika

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“…Many researchers agree that dental caries is a major public health problem and one of many diseases of modern civilization affecting approximately 90% of the children and 60% adults across the globe. 1 Preventing dental caries is based on the concept of breaking the chain of events that promotes its formation. In earlier times, the only available treatment was extraction, and debridement and restoration was introduced only during 1800s.…”

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Fluoride Alternatives in the Prevention of Dental Caries: A Review

Dhanker¹,

Chaudhary²,

Sharma³

et al. 2019

IHRJ

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There is no doubt that fluoride has been playing an important role in the prevention of dental caries and has been incorporated in various products (in both topical and systemic forms). However, few researchers consider fluoride to be a double edged sword as its use as an anticaries agent has been marked by various controversies because of the health concerns associated with the excessive use of the fluorides with its chronic use has been found to be associated with dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis, osteoporosis of long bones, carcinomas, renal and gall bladder calcification etc. The efficacy of fluorides to pit and fissured of the tooth surface is also questioned as its effect only seems to be limited to the smooth surface to the tooth. Hence, this review provides the readers with alternative fluoride free delivery mechanisms for caries prevention which can be used as an effective public health measure.

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confidence: 99%