Fluoride analyses of patient water supplies requested by North Carolina health professionals

S.M. Levy, J.W. Bawden, B.S. Bowden and R.G. Rozier

American Journal of Public Health, 1984, vol. 74, issue 12, 1412-1414

Abstract: The frequencies, patterns, and results of 1,900 patient drinking water assays for fluoride content requested in a six-month period by North Carolina health professionals were determined. Twelve per cent of the samples warranted adjustment from the full dosage fluoride supplement. Less than 3 per cent of physicians and 8 per cent of dentists submitted samples. Water supplies should be tested before a systemic fluoride supplement is prescribed. Either few dentists and physicians in North Carolina test water before prescribing supplements or few prescribe them at all.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.74.12.1412

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