América Patricia Pontigo-Loyola, Martha Mendoza-Rodriguez, Rubén de la Rosa-Santillana, Maria Gracia Rivera-Pacheco, Horacio Islas-Granillo, Juan Fernando Casanova-Rosado, María de Lourdes Márquez-Corona, José de Jesús Navarrete-Hernández, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís, David J Manton
The maintenance of oral health is a crucial aspect of general well-being; however, a significant proportion of the worldwide population experiences a range of oral diseases. Dental caries is a highly prevalent non-communicable disease globally, especially in children and adolescents. Fluoride is involved in the control of dental caries, primarily by decreasing the critical pH for dental hard tissue dissolution and decreasing enamel solubility. Due to the substantial data supporting the efficacy of fluoride in controlling dental caries, many community-level fluoridation initiatives have been devised and executed as global public health preventive interventions...
March 27, 2024: Pediatric Reports