Çocuklarda Flor Kullanımının Yarar ve Zararlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Öz

Vücut için gerekli temel elementlerden biri olan flor, top- rak, su, hava ile bitkilerde ve hayvansal dokularda değişik miktarlarda bulunan bir halojendir. Ciddi anlamda eksikli- ğe bağlanacak sorunlara rastlanmasa da diş çürüklerinin flor eksikliğiyle ilgisi vardır. Ancak, flor alınmadığı halde, ağız içi hijyene ve beslenmeye özen gösterildiğinde çürük oluşmayabilir. Bu durum, flor alınmasının kesinlikle bir gereksinim değil, koruyucu bir özellik olduğu düşüncesini ön plana çıkartmaktadır. Vücuda fazla miktarda flor alımı- nın bazı riskleri bulunmaktadır. Sağlıklı çocuklarda flor desteği, günümüzde sıkça tartışılan konular arasındadır. Bu makalede, flor kullanımının çocuk sağlığına ve gelişi- mine sistemik etkileri ile diş gelişimine etkileri kanıta dayalı veriler ışığında değerlendirilmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Florür,diş,çocuk

Analysis of the Benefits and Detriments of Using Fluoride Supplements for Children

Öz

Fluoride is a hallogen which is one of the necessary ele- ments for human body and occurs in variable concentrati- ons in the atmosphere, earth, water, plants and animal tissues. Fluoride deficiency, is not a serious health problem but incidence of tooth caries is releated to the low fluoride concentration in water; on the other hand, cleaning of mouth, teeth and tongue after each feeding, constitutes the backbone for the prevention of tooth caries. There are some risks of getting immoderate fluoride. Fluoride supp- lementation is still among the issues which is commonly debated. In this article, the systemic effects of using fluori- de on child health and development was reevaluated under evidence based data

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Fluoride,tooth,child

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