Journal article
THE FLUORIDE CONTENT OF BOTTLED DRINKING WATERS
British dental journal, Vol.176(7), pp.266-268
04/09/1994
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4808431
PMID: 8186036
Abstract
Sales of bottled drinking waters in the United Kingdom have tripled over the last 5 years. The fluoride content of 12 bottled waters purchased from two Leeds supermarkets was determined by both the direct and acid diffusion methods and found to vary from 0.10-0.80 mg/l fluoride (ie ppm fluoride). This article shows that bottled drinking waters contain differing concentrations of fluoride. There is no apparent difference between the direct and acid diffusion methods for the determination of fluoride concentrations of drinking waters. The manufacturers' labelling of fluoride concentrations are mainly inaccurate. Dentists should be aware of the fluoride concentrations of the drinking water of their child patients, be they municipal or bottled drinking water, when prescribing fluoride supplements. Also, some parents are using bottled waters to prepare baby milk formulations which themselves may contain high levels of fluoride and subject their children to the risk of dental fluorosis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- THE FLUORIDE CONTENT OF BOTTLED DRINKING WATERS
- Creators
- K J Toumba - Leeds Dental HospitalS LevyMEJ Curzon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British dental journal, Vol.176(7), pp.266-268
- Publisher
- Prof Sci Publ
- DOI
- 10.1038/sj.bdj.4808431
- PMID
- 8186036
- ISSN
- 0007-0610
- eISSN
- 1476-5373
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/09/1994
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984367756502771
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