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Studies on mass control of dental caries through fluoridation of the public water supply.

Publ. Hlth. Rep. (Wash.), 65, 1403-08. 1950.

It has not been conclusively demonstrated whether fluoride serves a specific physiological role, but fluoridation of public water supplies was followed by a reduction in the incidence of dental caries. One of the first studies on mass control of dental caries. With F. A. Arnold, P. Jay, and J. W. Knutson. See No. 3681.2.

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