Dietary Fluoride Intake, Metabolism and Health

Dear Colleagues,

Dietary fluoride intake is widespread. Most of the United States and a sizable minority of Canada receives fluoridated community drinking water for dental caries prevention. In Mexico, most salt is fluoridated. Internationally, China and India commonly encounter high drinking water fluoride levels that are either naturally occurring or due to pollution, respectively.

Dietary fluoride intake can occur via consumption of foods and beverages reconstituted with fluoridated water, or by consuming foods with added fluoridated salt. Additionally, dietary sources of fluoride can include green and black tea, foods sprayed with fluoride-containing pesticides, and certain seafoods, for example. While the topical dental benefits of fluoride are well-established, chronic consumption of fluoride, even at low exposures, has been associated with adverse health outcomes.

This Special Issue will include manuscripts that focus on dietary fluoride intake and factors that may influence fluoride metabolism. Furthermore, this issue will also include studies that examine pathophysiological factors that may modify associations of fluoride intake with health outcomes. The presented materials include studies conducted by scientists with expertise in fluoride exposure, dietary fluoride intake, metabolism, and/or associated health outcomes. The research presented herein may be of interest to epidemiologists, public health scientists, physicians, and policy makers. We welcome both reviews and original manuscripts. 

Dr. Ashley J. Malin
Guest Editor

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• fluoride
• diet
• water
• salt
• metabolism
• pathophysiology
• nutrition
• kidney
• liver