FLUOROSIS Y CARIES DENTAL EN NIÑOS DE 9 A 11 AÑOS DEL ESTADO DE AGUASCALIENTES, MÉXICO
A significant proportion of drinking water-supplying wells from Aguascalientes show a fluoride concentration higher than 1.5 mg/L. In this Mexican state there is a chronic fluoride exposurethrough tap water. However, there is not enough epidemiological information about public health damage caused b...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23594 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/23594 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | dental fluorosis dental caries fluoride fluorosis dental caries dental fluoruros |
| Resumo: | A significant proportion of drinking water-supplying wells from Aguascalientes show a fluoride concentration higher than 1.5 mg/L. In this Mexican state there is a chronic fluoride exposurethrough tap water. However, there is not enough epidemiological information about public health damage caused by fluoride exposure in Aguascalientes. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalences of dental fluorosis and caries in 445 children 9–11 years old. Dental fluorosis prevalences close to 100 % were found in children exposed to tap water with fluoride concentration higher than 5.0 mg/L. Even for children exposed to tap water with a fluoride concentration lower than 1.5 mg/L, the prevalences of dental fluorosis were higher than 50 %.Seventy six percent of children showed dental caries. The results of this study confirm the presence of a public health problem of dental fluorosis in this mexican state. |
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