Revisão de literatura sobre o controle de flúor e sua importância na prevenção da cárie

Abstract

With advances in dentistry found that the use of fluoride is the measure of greater impact and relevance to the control of dental caries, so after the discovery of the benefits of water fluoridation, this mechanism became mandatory in Brazil all sources of public water supply, although not yet reaching the rural populations which uses water from cisterns and wells. In some regions of Brazil can find sources of natural fluoride in the water, often in high level to reflect the point of dental fluorosis, sometimes at low level to the point of not interfering in the prevention of dental caries, which necessitates the study the fluoride levels existing in the water fluoridation to be made at the appropriate level to caries control. Thus, this study aims to address the importance of water fluoridation on caries prevention, as well as warn about the harm caused by excessive use of fluoride. Therefore, the study will be based on a literature review on the control of fluoride and the importance and effectiveness of water fluoridation in preventing tooth decay, using concepts fundamental to the understanding of the subject. We conclude that, even with the existence of Laws, Decrees and Ministerial Order concerning the matter, oversight agencies should be alert and when I need to find alternatives that are able to troubleshoot potential problems arising from the excess or lack of fluoride in the water by requiring maintenance and monitoring of fluoride in water, also determining the different ways in which sodium fluoride can be applied in the oral cavity to decrease the damage that can occur if used improperly.