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Fluoruro en la dieta - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Dieta y fluoruro

Definición:

El fluoruro se presenta en forma natural en el organismo como fluoruro de calcio, el cual se encuentra sobre todo en los huesos y los dientes.

Funciones:

Las cantidades pequeñas de fluoruro ayudan a reducir la caries dental. El proceso de fluoración del agua del grifo ayuda a reducir las caries dentales de los niños de un 50 a un 60%. El fluoruro también ayuda a mantener la estructura ósea. Las dosis bajas de sales fluoradas se pueden utilizar para el tratamiento de afecciones que causan pérdida ósea más rápida de lo normal, como la menopausia.

  • Fecha de revisión: 3/2/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:William McGee, M.D., M.H.A., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, and Chairman, Nutrition Committee, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. and Alice O'Connor, MS, RD, LDN, CNSD, Clinical Dietitian, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Yates AA, Schlicker SA, Suitor CW. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. Dietary Reference Intakes: the new basis for recommendations for calcium and related nutrients, B vitamins, and choline. J Am Diet Assoc. 1998 Jun;98(6):699-706

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