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Dental caries prevalence in 5-year-old children following five and a half years of water fluoridation in Birmingham

British Dental Journal volume 233, pages 555–558 (2022)Cite this article

J. F. BEAL,1 B.D.S., L.D.S.

P. M. C. JAMES,1 M.D.S., L.D.S., D.P.D. 1Department of Dental Health, University of Birmingham.

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We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant from the Medical Research Council for an epidemiological project, of which the present report is a part. We are also indebted to the many people who have helped us in the collection of the data, especially the health and education authorities in the districts concerned; Dr E. L. M. Millar, Medical Officer of Health of Birmingham, and Dr G. M. Reynolds, Medical Officer of Health, Dudley; the Principal School Dental Officers, Mr H. A. Cohen, Mr F. J. Hastilow and Mrs J. P. McEwan; and the teaching staffs of all the schools. We should also like to thank the Medical Computing Unit of the United Birmingham Hospitals and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Birmingham for the use of their facilities. Part of the material in this paper was presented at a meeting of the Royal Society of Health in Birmingham in June 1970.

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Dental caries prevalence in 5-year-old children following five and a half years of water fluoridation in Birmingham. Br Dent J 233, 555–558 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-022-5090-0

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