Influence of heterocontrol of fluoride in permanent teeth / Influencia do heterocontrole de fluor na ocorrencia de fluorose na dentição permanente

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The general objective of this paper, based over two works, was to analyze possible relationships among different levels of fluoride ions in the public water supply and the presence of dental fluorosis in permanent teeth. Associated factors are also to be analyzed. At the first stage of the process, fluoride concentration present in water samples sent from 7 cities of São Paulo State, one city of Minas Gerais State and another from Ceará State were to be analyzed. All the water sample collections took place during the period of 1996 and 2002 and an ion analyzer was used in the process of evaluation (Orion 96-09 and a ion analyzer EA-940 previously gauged with patterns of 0.125 to 1.0 mg F/ml, with 1.0 ml of Tisab II, so, Tisab II at 50%) coupling to a fluoride electrode previously gauged as well. Over a total of 2667 samples collected in the mentioned period it was noted that more than 59.2% of them were found to contain patterns considered great (0.6-0.8 ppm F ), 6.3% of them with lower values than 0.4 ppm F; 18.1% of them between 0.4 to 0.6 ppm F; 13.3 % between 0.8 and 1.0 ppm and 3.1% with values larger than 1 ppm F. In view of the aforementioned results it is possible to concluded that the majority of collected samples were in the level range considered optimal (0.6-0.8 ppm F). However, it was possible to also verify that some of the results and regions are out of the considered ideal pattern implying that hetero-controlling maintenance is important. The objective of the second work was to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of dental fluorosis in school children aged 7 years living in two cities of São Paulo State, Brazil, with fluoridation of water supplies, with emphasis in the effects of external control of the fluoride levels. The study population comprised 386 children, all born in 1997 and enrolled in public and private schools from 2 municipalities had fluoride external control of the fluoride levels from 1998 to 2002. The upper permanent maxillary incisors were examined under artificial light and the aid of an air syringe. The Dean?s Index was utilized to identify dental fluorosis. In this study dental fluorosis were considered such as: questionable; very mild; mild; moderate and severe. Socio-demographics and dental history were assessed with a structured questionnaire answered by children s parents. Correlates of fluorosis were assessed using multivariate logistic regression (p<0.05).The result showed that the prevalence of fluorosis in the municipality that had more variation in the levels of fluoride was 31.40% and in the municipality that had less variation in the levels of fluoride 79.91%. However, in both municipalities the "very mild" level of fluorosis was the most common finding. Fluorosis were associated to the city with homogeneous levels of fluoride.

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fluorose dentaria fluoridation fluorine fluor fluorosis dental fluoretação

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