Role of fluoride in the retardation of dental caries

Reports of fluorine in connection with calcified tissue appeared in the literature as early as 1803, when an Italian chemist Morichini (1) found that both the enamel and dentine of a fossilised elephant found near Rome evolved 'fluoric acid' on treatment with concentrated sulphuric acid. S...

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Main Author: Leach, Samuel Ashworth
Published: University of Manchester 1956
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540358