Research Article
Dragos Totolici, Doru Petro
Abstract
Drinking water is still the main fluoride source needed by the human body for cariopreventive mineralization of dental enamel. Our survey has inspected 375 samples of drinking water in 200 localities of the Constanta county, Romania. With 4 of the 81 localities provided with water supply network, fluoride concentration surpasses 1 ppm, while in 21 localities, there are fountains the water of which likewise surpasses the same concentration. Thus, the county map of fluoride is made evident, which constitutes the starting point for devising prevention programs through fluoridation. Measurements were carried out by two methods: titrimetric or with fluoride-selective electrode.