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Endemic fluorosis and partial defluoridation of water supplies – A public health concern in Kenya
Author(s) -
Walvekar Sudhir Vishvanath,
Qureshi Bashir Ahmed
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1982.tb01342.x
Subject(s) - kenya , dental fluorosis , medicine , public health , fluoride , environmental health , population , incidence (geometry) , nursing , ecology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , physics , biology , optics
Endemic fluorosis is a public health problem in many parts of Kenya clue to high fluoride content in the drinking water. The Kenyan Government is committed to development of water sources with the object of supplying safe and sufficient water to the entire population by the year 2000. This water will contain high amounts of fluoride thereby increasing the incidence of severe endemic fluorosis in Kenya. Development of procedures for partial defluoridation should therefore be considered. Various defluoridation methods adopted in different places affected with endemic fluorosis are reviewed in the present article, with special reference to problems of operation and limitations in their application.