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How effective and cost-effective is water fluoridation for adults? Protocol for a 10-year retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Tooth decay can cause pain, sleepless nights and loss of productive workdays. Fluoridation of drinking water was identified in the 1940s as a cost-effective method of prevention. In the mid-1970s, fluoride toothpastes became widely available. Since then, in high-income countries the prev...

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Autores principales: Moore, Deborah, Allen, Thomas, Birch, Stephen, Tickle, Martin, Walsh, Tanya, Pretty, Iain A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33479223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41405-021-00062-9