Essays about: "fluoridation"

Found 2 essays containing the word fluoridation.

  1. 1. Lex Norrköping : The Norrköping Water Fluoridation Trials 1952-1962 and the Passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Jonatan Samuelsson; [2016]
    Keywords : science; dentistry; dentists; public health; caries; caries prevention; science and policy; history; history of science; uncertainty; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluorides; fluoridation; Norrköping; The Honest Broker; vetenskap; tandläkare; tandvård; folkhälsa; tandvård; karies; kariesprevention; vetenskap och politik; historia; vetenskapshistoria; osäkerhet; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluor; fluoridering; The Honest Broker; Norrköping;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how scientists and science were put to use in the passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act. The law was created for a specific purpose: that of facilitating the continuation of the water fluoridation trials that had been under way in Norrköping until January 1962, when they were forced to cease, having been deemed illegal by the Supreme Administrative Court. READ MORE

  3. 2. Economic evaluation of preventive methods used in dentistry – a systematic review

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Odontologiska fakulteten (OD)

    Author : Louise Westerlund; Anna Simonsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Cost-effectiveness; Preventive dentistry; Cost-analysis; Cost-benefit analysis; Cost-utility analysis; Preventive methods; Economic evaluation; Cost; Effect;

    Abstract : Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka ekonomiska utvärderingar av preventiva metoder som används inom tandvården genom att göra en systematisk litteraturöversikt och besvara frågor om vilka preventiva metoder som analyserats avseende kostnad och effekt samt vilka typer av ekonomiska utvärderingar som analyserats. Material och metod: En sökningsstrategi genomfördes och PubMed, The Cochrane Library och Web of Science utgjorde databaser för litteratursökningen. READ MORE