"Fluorides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inorganic salts of hydrofluoric acid, HF, in which the fluorine atom is in the -1 oxidation state. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Sodium and stannous salts are commonly used in dentifrices.
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D005459
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.248.497.158.380 D01.303.350.300
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fluorides" by people in Profiles.
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An economic evaluation of a publicly funded dental prevention programme in regional and rural Victoria: an extrapolated analysis. Community Dent Health. 2000 Sep; 17(3):145-51.
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Economic evaluation of a pit and fissure dental sealant and fluoride mouthrinsing program in two nonfluoridated regions of Victoria, Australia. J Public Health Dent. 1998; 58(1):19-27.
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An evaluation of a primary preventive dental programme in non-fluoridated areas of Victoria, Australia. Aust Dent J. 1997 Dec; 42(6):381-8.