The Risk of Fluorosis in Students Exposed to a Higher than Optimal Concentration of Fluoride in Well Water

• Published in: Journal of Public Health Dentistry
• Main Authors: Ismail, Amid I., Messer, James G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; General Dentistry; Canada; Rigolet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02390.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1752-7325.1996.tb02390.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02390.x

Abstract Objectives : In December 1991 the residents of the community of Rigolet, Labrador, Canada, discovered that they were exposed to higher than 2.0 ppm fluoride in the drinking water from the new town well, which became operational in December 1983. In 1993 an investigation of the occurrence of...