PEDIATRICS Vol. 17 No. 6 June 1956, pp. 975
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Fluoridation as a Public Health Measure

FRANKLIN H. TOP M.D.

Fluoridation remains a controversial point on many fronts, but perusal of this monograph should settle many questions which have bothered the profession and the lay public alike. The book is the third to be published by the AAAS on the public health aspects of fluoridation. The series of 11 papers also includes a medical study of a population using an excessive amount of fluoride (8 parts/M.) in a natural water supply. The series of papers is directed to the problem of effectiveness of water fluoridation in reducing dental caries and various elements are considered, namely; dental benefits, public health, engineering and chemical aspects, metabolism of inorganic fluorides, acute fluoride poisoning and crippling chronic fluorosis, among several.