Blinkhorn A S, Brown M D, Attwood D, Downer M C
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1981 Jun;35(2):98-101. doi: 10.1136/jech.35.2.98.
A comparison was made of the dental health of children aged 4-5 and 9-10 in two Scottish towns, one with fluoridated drinking water and the other without. Striking differences were observed. A 44% reduction in decayed, missing, and filled deciduous teeth was found in 4-5 year-olds in the fluoridated compared with the non-fluoridated town and a 50% reduction in decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth was recorded for the 9-10-year-olds. Larger percentage differences were found for the anterior teeth: a 65% reduction in deciduous incisors and canines, and an 81% reduction in permanent incisors and canines. Fluoridation of public water supplies in urban areas of Scotland would be a safe and effective way of dramatically improving dental health.
对苏格兰两个城镇中4至5岁和9至10岁儿童的牙齿健康状况进行了比较,其中一个城镇的饮用水加氟,另一个则不加。结果观察到了显著差异。与未加氟城镇相比,加氟城镇中4至5岁儿童的乳牙龋、失、补牙数量减少了44%,9至10岁儿童的恒牙龋、失、补牙数量减少了50%。前牙的百分比差异更大:乳牙切牙和尖牙减少了65%,恒牙切牙和尖牙减少了81%。在苏格兰城市地区对公共供水进行氟化处理将是大幅改善牙齿健康的一种安全有效的方法。