Surface Enamel Fluoride and Strontium in Relation to Caries Prevalence in Man
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Caries Research
- Vol. 13 (4), 227-230
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000260404
Abstract
Surface enamel was analyzed for strontium and fluoride on 439 teeth collected from Ohio and Wisconsin, USA. Mean concentrations were 366.4 μg Sr/g and 1,169.6 μg F/g. A significant, but weak correlation between fluoride concentration and caries as DMFT (r = ––0.16) was found, and also between strontium and fluoride concentrations (r = 0.48). No correlation of strontium in surface enamel and caries was found.Keywords
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