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- Title
Análise do teor de fluoretos nas águas de abastecimento público em um município da região metropolitana de Curitiba/PR: doze meses de heterocontrole.
- Authors
Gomes Ditterich, Rafael; Magalhães Buffon, Marilene da Cruz; Videira Assaf, Andrea; Noll Gonçalves, Rodrigo; de Oliveira Piorunneck, Cristiane Matsuo; Dias de Lima, Maria Cristina; Carneiro Gomes, Eliane; da Silva Noll Gonçalves, Jéssica Rodrigues
- Abstract
Background: The fluoridation of water supply has been pointed out in national and international studies as the most efficient and equal way of accessing fluorides in the prevention of dental caries. Objective: To report the results of heterocontrol in public water supply in the municipality of Colombo/PR, from December 2013 to November 2014. Method: The samples were monthly collected in 15 Basic Health Units, on random days of the week, from 12/2013 to 11/2014. The samples were analyzed by the electrometric method at the Faculty of Dentistry of Fluminense Federal University. Results: 180 samples were analyzed, ranging from <0.001 to 1.480 mg/L (mean 0.715 ± 0.232 mg/L). According to the criteria established by the Collaborating Center of the Ministry of Health in Oral Health Surveillance, 51.11% of the samples had adequate fluoride levels, 13.34% above ideal fluoride levels, and 35.56% below ideal levels. Conclusion: Heterocontrol could represent one of the main strategies of oral health surveillance, and, therefore, it should be implemented and carried out in all regions that use fluoridated water, in order to guarantee the maintenance of optimal fluoride levels.
- Subjects
CAVITY prevention; WATER fluoridation; WATER supply; ORAL health; WATER use
- Publication
Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 2022, Vol 30, Issue 4, p595
- ISSN
1414-462X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1414-462X202230040115