Salt Fluoridation MCQ | Best MDS Coaching AIPGDEE preparations B-IDS

Salt Fluoridation is ?
A. 0 25 gm/Kg of Salt
B. 0 20 gm/Kg of Salt
C.0.50 gm/Kg of Salt
D. 2 00 gm/Kg of Salt

Ans. (A)

Salt Fluoridation- On an average an individual consumes 5-8 gms of salt per day. Also salt is freely available and used in large scale all over the country by majority of the population of various ethnic and regional groups. Moreover the cariostatic ettectrvenese equals that provided by fluoride in water, when fluoride content of salt is so adjusted (250 mg per kg salt) so as to provide urinary fluoride excretion levels similar to those associated with optimal fluoride content of water