Fluoride sources and dental attendance habits among adults in communities with optimal and low water fluoride concentrations

Authors

  • Ann-Marie Wiktorsson Department of Cariology and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Thore Martinsson Department of Cariology and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Mikael Zimmerman Department of Cariology and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/00016359109005901

Keywords:

Fluoride toothpaste, mouthrinsing, questionnaire, lea

Abstract

Abstract

The aim of this study was to obtain data on local fluoride supply, dental attendance, and dental care habits in two sociologically similar municipalities with optimal, 1.0 ppm, and low, 0.3 ppm, water fluoride concentrations, respectively. The participants in the study were 30-to 40-year-old lifetime residents in the two municipalities: 569 individuals from the 1-ppm fluoride community and 466 from the low-fluoride community. There were no intergroup differences in the fluoride mouthrinse utilization rate of 1%. Fluoride toothpaste was much more common in the low-fluoride area. In the 1-ppm fluoride area more people drank tea, and they went more regularly to the dentist. It is suggested that dental attendance habits and various fluoride sources should be taken into account in studies evaluating the effect of fluoride in drinking water.

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Published

1991-01-01

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 3 (1991): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Section

Articles