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Caries experience in 1374 children aged 15-16 years from three towns in the north east of England with varying concentrations of fluoride in drinking water, was determined. The mean DMFT values for 15-year-old continuous residents was 1.7 in Hartlepool (natural F 1.0–1.3 ppm), 2.5 in Newcastle (F adjusted to 1.0 ppm) and 3.3 in Middlesbrough (F = 0.2 ppm). Forty per cent of Hartlepool 15-year-olds were caries free, compared with 30% in Newcastle and 24% in Middlesbrough. Caries prevalence for both Hartlepool and Newcastle 'continuous residents' was lower than for non-continuous residents, whereas in Middlesbrough, the low fluoride area, non-continuous residents had a lower DMF value than those who had lived in Middlesbrough all their lives. There was a slight trend in both Newcastle and Middlesbrough for DMFT values to increase from social class I to social class V, but no discernable trend was observed in Hartlepool. The results for Hartlepool 15-year-olds were very similar to those reported by Weaver in 1949
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Murray, J., Breckon, J., Reynolds, P. et al. The effect of residence and social class on dental caries experience in 15-16-year-old children living in three towns (natural fluoride, adjusted fluoride and low fluoride) in the north east of England. Br Dent J 171, 319–322 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807706
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