[Fluorides in water for consumption in northern and western Mexico].

The amount of fluoride in water in some regions of Mexico represents a public health problem. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of original studies that report fluoride levels in tap and bottled water from the northern and western regions of Mexico. A systematic review was conducted using the PRISMA method in PubMed, Scopus, Medigraphic and Scielo databases.

Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico.

Background: Mucositis is an adverse effect of chemotherapy (QT) and/or radiotherapy (RT). The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of oral mucositis in children undergoing cancer treatment.

Methods: Fifty-one children with cancer who had received QT, RT, or both (QT-RT) underwent clinical evaluations; World Health Organization criteria were used to establish the degree and severity of mucositis.

[Dental caries experience and its relation to oral hygiene in Mexican children].

Introduction: Dental caries is public health problem in Mexico and there are few studies on preschool children.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the caries experience in preschool children and its relation to oral hygiene in an underserved area of ​​the state of Mexico.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, observational and analytical study in children aged four and five years of age enrolled in children´s centers.

Drinking water fluoride levels for a city in northern Mexico (durango) determined using a direct electrochemical method and their potential effects on oral health.

Fluoride is ingested primarily through consuming drinking water. When drinking water contains fluoride concentrations>0.7 parts per million (ppm), consuming such water can be toxic to the human body; this toxicity is called "fluorosis.

Dental caries and risk factors in adolescents of Ecatepec in the State of Mexico.

Objective: To identify the prevalence of dental caries and to evaluate the risk cariogenic factors in adolescents of the State of Mexico.

Material And Methods: An observational, descriptive and transversal study was conducted. The sample consisted of 109 teenagers, with ages ranging from 14 to 16 years old, 50 male and 59 female.

Fluoride content in table salt distributed in Mexico City, Mexico.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze table salt available in Mexico City's market to identify the fluoride concentrations and to compare these with the Mexican regulations.

Methods: We analyzed 44 different brands of table salt. All samples were purchased at random in different stores, supermarkets, and groceries from Mexico City's metropolitan area and analyzed in triplicate in three different laboratories (nine determinations per sample) with an Orion 720 A potentiometer and an Orion 9609 BN ion-specific electrode.