A EUROPEAN VIEW OF FLUORIDE SUPPLEMENTATION

During the autumn of 1991 a meeting was convened in Brussels by Colgate entitled 'European view of fluoride supplementation'. Throughout Europe, product dosage and age related dose recommendations for fluoride supplements vary widely. With the advent of 1992, different instructions on the same packet would cause considerable confusion in a more integrated Europe with its mobile and multilingual society. Colgate therefore decided to convene a meeting of European experts to explore the possibility of reaching a consensus on a common dosage regime of fluoride tablets and drops for Europe. The meeting consisted of a series of short papers by European experts in the field followed by detailed discussion.