Water Fluoridation Flashcards
1
Q
What is dental public health?
A
The science and the art of preventing oral disease, promoting oral health and improving the quality of life through the organised society.
2
Q
What is the primary system we use to measure caries?
A
DMFT/dmft
mean figure or prevalence/percentage with no obvious caries experience
3
Q
How do we measure caries in children in schools for public health studies?
A
We use D3 level- caries that progressed into dentine and passed amelo-dentinal junction on visual examination.
4
Q
What type of reaction is hydroxyapatite to fluoroxyapatite?
A
Substitution reaction where hydroxyl ion replaced by fluoride ion.
5
Q
How does fluoride have a preventative effect?
A
Packs tightly in hydroxyapatite structure gives preventative effect.
