| Fluoride in drinking water and dental fluorosis. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 20580811 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
In this study we determined the fluoride content in drinking water and hair of 12-year-old schoolchildren from different Serbian municipalities, i.e. Valjevo, Veliko Gradiste, Kacarevo and Vranjska Banja. The analyses were performed using composite fluoride ion-selective electrode. Average fluoride levels were 0.10, 0.15, 0.79 and 11 ppm in well water, 0.07, 0.10, 0.17 and 0.15 ppm in tap water, 19.3, 21.5, 25.4, and 32.5 ppm in hair samples, in Valjevo, Veliko Gradiste, Kacarevo and Vranjska Banja, respectively. Correlation analysis indicated statistically significant positive relationship between fluoride in wells water and fluoride in hair, for all municipalities: correlation coefficients were 0.54 (p < 0.05), 0.89, 0.97 and 0.99 (p < 0.001), in Vranjska Banja, Valjevo, Veliko Gradiste, and Kacarevo, respectively. Positive correlation was obtained also between fluoride in tap water and hair samples in all regions under the study, with statistical significance only in Valjevo municipality, p < 0.05. Dental examination of schoolchildren confirmed dental fluorosis only in the region of Vranjska Banja. Moreover, in endemic fluorotic region of Vranjska Banja, positive and statistically significant correlations were confirmed between fluoride in well water and dental fluorosis level (r = 0.61; p < 0.01) and additionally between fluoride in hair and dental fluorosis level (0.62; p < 0.01). The primary findings from this study have shown that fluoride content in hair is highly correlated with fluoride content in drinking water and dental fluorosis level, indicating that hair may be regarded as biomaterial of high informative potential in evaluating prolonged exposure to fluorides and to individuate children at risk of fluorosis regardless of the phase of teeth eruption. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Zoran Mandinic; Marijana Curcic; Biljana Antonijevic; Momir Carevic; Jelena Mandic; Danijela Djukic-Cosic; Charles P Lekic |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: The Science of the total environment Volume: 408 ISSN: 1879-1026 ISO Abbreviation: Sci. Total Environ. Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2010-06-30 Completed Date: 2010-11-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0330500 Medline TA: Sci Total Environ Country: Netherlands |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 3507-12 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Clinic of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 11, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. zoran.mandinic@stomf.bg.ac.rs |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Child Environmental Monitoring Female Fluorides / analysis*, metabolism Fluorosis, Dental / epidemiology* Fresh Water / chemistry Hair / metabolism Humans Male Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*, metabolism Water Pollution, Chemical / statistics & numerical data* Water Supply / analysis* |
| Chemical | |
Reg. No./Substance:
|
0/Fluorides; 0/Water Pollutants, Chemical |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Genetic modification of critical enzymes and involved genes in butanol biosynthesis from biomass.
Next Document: Comparison through a LCA evaluation analysis of food waste disposal options from the perspective of ...