EDITORIAL
NEUROTOXICITY OF FLUORIDE ... 57-58

XXIst CONFERENCE  BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
  AUGUST 25-28 ... 58

RESEARCH REPORTS AND REVIEWS
THE EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE, ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH SELENIUM, ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND HISTO-CHEMISTRY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
  Y X Pang, Y Q Guo, P Zhu, K W Fu, Y F Sun
  and R Q Tang, China ... 59-62

INVESTIGATIONS OF SOFT TISSUE FUNCTIONS IN
FLUOROTIC INDIVIDUALS OF NORTH GUJARAT
  M Michael, V V Barot and N J Chinoy, India ... 63-71

FLUORIDE INHIBITION OF [2-14C]THYMIDINE
INCORPORATION INTO DNA IN MUNG BEAN SEEDLINGS
  A Narita, Y Nakamura, A Shigematsu and M-H Yu,
  Japan and USA ... 72-76

FLUORINE, SELENIUM, SULPHUR AND CARBON
CONTENTS OF COAL IN HUBEI PROVINCE
  M J Li and S Z Tang, China ... 77-78

X-RAY ANALYSIS OF 80 PATIENTS WITH
SEVERE ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS CAUSED BY COAL BURNING
  Z P Zhao, M B Yuan and G F Liu, China .... 79-81

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF FLUORIDE 1993-1995
  M L Wen, Q C Li and C Y Wang, China ... 82-88

THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AIRBORNE FLUORIDE INDUCED DETERIORATION OF MARBLE AND PORTLAND CEMENT
  R Shrivastav and S Shrivastav, India ... 89-94

REPORT OF 15th SEMINAR OF THE
JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR FLUORIDE
RESEARCH, SENDAI, JAPAN, NOV. 14, 1995
  Kenji Akiniwa, Japan ... 95-96

LITERATURE REVIEWS

PLAGUED NO MORE: HOW 50 YEARS OF FLUORIDES HAVE REDUCED CARIES DRAMATICALLY IN THE WEST
(Lead article in Oral Health Care Report Vol. 6 No. 1 1996)
  Reviewed by L H R Brett, New Zealand ... 97-98

FLUORIDE IN DENTISTRY (2nd Edition)
  Ole Fejerskov, Jan Ekstrand and Brian A Burt (Editors)
  (Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1996)

THE GREATEST FRAUD: FLUORIDATION
  Philip R N Sutton (Susan Sutton, Lorne 1996)
  Reviewed by John Colquhoun, New Zealand ... 99 -100

ABSTRACTS
Non-skeletal effects
GEOCHEMICAL RISK FACTORS FOR MENTAL
FUNCTIONING, BASED ON THE ONTARIO
LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGING (LSA)
  W F Forbes, S Lessard and J F Gentleman, Canada ... 101

ENVIRONMENT AND THE GENITOURINARY TRACT
  M J Droller, USA ... 101-102

DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY OF SODIUM FLUORIDE IN RATS
  T F X Collins, R L Sprando, M E Shackelford et al, USA ... 102

HISTORICAL COHORT STUDY OF SPONTANEOUS ABORTION AMONG FABRICATION WORKERS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR HEALTH STUDY - AGENT-LEVEL ANALYSIS
  S H Swan, J J Beaumont, S K Hammond et al, USA ... 103

HYDROFLUORIC ACID-INDUCED SKIN NECROSIS [French]
  V Saada, M Patarin, S Sans and P Saiag, France ...103 -104

APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH FOLLOWING EXPOSURE
TO FLUORIDE IN RAT ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
  S Hirano and M Ando, Japan ... 104

BRONCHIAL RESPONSIVENESS, EOSINOPHILIA, AND
SHORT TERM EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION
  V Soyseth, J Kongerud, P Broen et al, Norway ... 104 -105

SEVOFLURANE    List of published papers ... 105

Analysis and chemistry
VALIDATION OF AN ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE
SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SERUM FLUORIDE ION
  E B Duly, S R Luney, T R Trinick et al, Northern Ireland ... 106

CRITICAL STUDY OF FLUORIDE WATER INTERACTIONS
  S S Xantheas and L X Dang, USA ... 106

Effects on bone
CALCIUM DEFICIENCY IN FLUORIDE-TREATED
OSTEOPOROTIC PATIENTS DESPITE CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION
  B A Duresmith, S M Farley, S G Linkhart et al, USA ... 107

EFFECTS OF LOW-DOSE LONG-TERM SODIUM
FLUORIDE PREVENTIVE TREATMENT ON RAT
BONE MASS AND BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES
  Y Jiang, J Zhao, R Vanaudekercke et al, Belgium ... 108

EFFECTS OF SODIUM FLUORIDE AND
ALENDRONATE ON THE BONE MINERAL IN MINIPIGS
  P Fratzl, S Schreiber, P Roschger et al, USA ... 108 -109

GENERALIZED OSTEOPATHY WITH PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES IN A PATIENT WITH LONGTERM EXPOSURE TO FLUORINE-CONTAINING PLASTICS [German]
  W Rhomberg, F Bohler,
A Vith and G Breitfellner, Austria ... 109

SKELETAL FLUOROSIS IN BONE INJURY CASE
  S L Choubisa and R Verma, India ... 110

PRE-TREATMENT OF TITANIUM IMPLANTS
WITH FLUORIDE IMPROVES THEIR RETENTION IN BONE
  J E Ellingsen, Norway ...110

ALUMINUM POTENTIATES THE EFFECT OF FLUORIDE ON TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION AND OSTEOBLAST REPLICATION IN VITRO AND BONE MASS IN VIVO
  J Caverzasio, T Imai, P Amman et al, Switzerland ... 111

COMPARISON OF NONRANDOMIZED TRIALS WITH SLOW-RELEASE SODIUM FLUORIDE WITH A RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL IN POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS
  C Y C Pak, K Sakhaee, N H Bell et al, USA ....112

BIPHASIC SODIUM FLUORIDE EFFECTS ON BONE AND BONE MINERAL. A REVIEW
  P T Cheng, S M Bader and M D Grynpas, Canada ... 112

TREATMENT OF POSTMENOPAUSAL VERTEBRAL OSTEOPENIA WITH MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE - A LONG-TERM CALCIUM-CONTROLLED STUDY
  M Gambacciani, A Spinetti, F Taponeco et al, Italy ... 112

EFFECTS OF FLUORIDATED DRINKING WATER ON BONE MASS AND FRACTURES: THE STUDY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
  J A Cauley, P A Murphy, T J Riley and A M Buhari, USA ... 112

FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER AND THE BONE MINERAL DENSITY OF WOMEN IN TAIWAN
  C F Lan, I F Lin and S J Wang, Taiwan ... 112

Dental abstracts
INFANTS FLUORIDE INGESTION FROM WATER, SUPPLEMENTS AND DENTIFRICE
  S M Levy, F J Kohout, M C Kiritsy et al, USA ... 113

RISK OF FLUOROSIS IN A FLUORIDATED POPULATION - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DENTIST AND HYGIENIST
  D G Pendrys, USA ... 114

FLUORIDE SUPPLEMENT USE BY CHILDREN IN FLUORIDATED COMMUNITIES
  D G Pendrys and D E Morse, USA ... 114

RISK FACTORS FOR DENTAL FLUOROSIS IN PEDIATRIC DENTAL PATIENTS
  M C Skotowski, R J Hunt and S M Levy, USA ... 115

FLUORIDE CONTENT OF INFANT FORMULAE IN AUSTRALIA
  M Silva and E C Reynolds, Australia ...115 -116

INFLUENCE OF FLUORIDE IN SALIVA DURING THE EARLY CARIOGENIC CHANGES IN THE ENAMEL OF BOYS AND GIRLS
  J H Woltgens, E J Etty, R J Gruythuysen and W G Geraets,
  Netherlands ...116 -117

pH-CYCLING OF ENAMEL AND DENTIN LESIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF FLUORIDE
  J M Tencate, M J Buijs and J J M Damen, Netherlands .... 117

MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF ENAMEL MINERALIZATION UNDER FLUORIDE REGIME
  T Aoba, Y Taya, A Sato et al, Japan ... 118

THE EFFECT OF FLUORHYDROXYAPATITE-DERIVED FLUORIDE ON ACID PRODUCTION BY STREPTOCOCCI
  N Guha-Chowdhury, Y Iwami, T Yamada and E I F Pearce,
  New Zealand ... 118 -119

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIONS OF FLUORIDE
FOR ORAL BACTERIA [Review]
  R E Marquis, USA ... 119

ACIDULATED PHOSPHATE FLUORIDE TREATMENT AND FORMATION OF CARIES-LIKE LESIONS IN ENAMEL : EFFECT OF APPLICATION TIME
  F Garcia-Godoy, M J Hicks, C M Flaitz and J H Berg, USA ... 120

ARE CURRENT MODELS FOR PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS SUFFICIENT FOR THE NEEDS OF TOMORROW? [Review]
   W H Bowen, USA ... 120 -121

THE EFFECTS OF A SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE TREATMENT ON DEMINERALIZED ROOT DENTIN
  D Inaba, H Duschner, W Jongebloed et al,
  Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden ... 121-122

THE DISTRIBUTION OF FLUORIDE IN CARIOUS HUMAN ENAMEL
  E I F Pearce, G E Coote and M J Larsen,
  New Zealand and Denmark ... 122

ORAL HYGIENE AS A VARIABLE IN DENTAL CARIES EXPERIENCE IN 14-YEAR-OLDS EXPOSED TO FLUORIDE
  A T Mathiesen, B Ogaard and G Rolla, Norway ... 122-123

THE DENTAL HEALTH OF 3-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN EAST CUMBRIA 1993
  S G Jones and J H Nunn, England ... 123

A FIVE YEAR FOLLOW UP INTO CHANGES IN CARIES EXPERIENCE AMONGST A SAMPLE OF 12 YEAR OLD CHILDREN FROM ATHENS
  G J Salapata, C Bakoula, G M Hawley and A S Blinkhorn, England .... 124

RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF DENTAL SERVICES TO THE CHANGES IN CARIES LEVELS OF 12-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN 18 INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IN THE 1970s AND EARLY 1980s
  P Nadanovsky and A Sheiham, England ... 124

CAN PREVENTION ELIMINATE CARIES ? [Review]
  D O'Mullane, Ireland ... 125

ORAL HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AGED 3-80 YEARS IN JONKOPING, SWEDEN IN 1973, 1983, AND 1993
1. Review of findings on dental care habits and knowledge of oral health
  A Hugoson, G Koch, T Bergendal et al, Sweden ... 125 -126

CARIES EXPERIENCE IN DECIDUOUS DENTITION OF RURAL CHINESE CHILDREN 3-5 YEARS OLD IN RELATION TO THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA
  Y Li, J M Navia and J Y Bian, USA ... 126 -127

CHARACTERIZATION OF AN UNUSUAL FLUORIDE-RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS ISOLATE
  G L Hoelscher and M C Hudson, USA ... 127

SALT FLUORIDATION    List of published papers ... 127

Effects on plants and wildlife
A STUDY OF THE CAUSE OF THE MANGO BLACK TIP DISORDER
  C L Zhang, H B Huang and Y H Kuang, China ... 128

FLUORIDE ACCUMULATION AND TOXICITY IN LABORATORY POPULATIONS OF WILD SMALL MAMMALS AND WHITE MICE
  I C Boulton, J A Cooke and M S Johnson, England ... 128