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Milk, Milk Products, and Dental Health

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State 39762

ABSTRACT

Among the many benefits of consumption of milk and milk products are the teeth and bone building and strengthening characteristics of certain of the nutrients. Calcium is commonly associated with strong teeth and bones.

The role of fluoride in dental health is somewhat confusing. In 1803, Morichini (18) reported that fluoride was present in the bony substance of fossil teeth enamel. In 1805, Gay-Lussac and Berthollet (7) discovered fluoride in the enamel of teeth when they made the earliest observations on the presence of fluoride in normal biological materials. Murray (19) included the fact, brought out by a 1969 World Health Organization report, that water fluoridation programs were underway in more than 30 countries and territories involving over 120 million people. He also indicated that fluoride ions were naturally present in all water supplies even though in extremely small concentrations in some waters.

In 1892, Crichton-Browne (3) reported to the British Dental Association that dental caries were increasing in England.