fa Effect of home-used water purifier on fluoride concentration of drinking water in southern Iran پاتولوزی دهان، فک و صورت Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology پژوهشي Research <b> Background: </b>Fluoride in drinking water plays a key role in dental health. Due to the increasing use of water-purifier, the effect of these devices on fluoride concentration of drinking water was evaluated. <div>  <b>Materials and Methods</b>: Drinking water samples were collected before and after passing through a home water-purifier, from four different water sources. The fluoride, calcium and magnesium concentration of the samples were measured using the quantitative spectrophotometery technique. Data were analyzed by the Wilcoxon test. P value < 0.1 was considered as significant. </div><div>  <b>Results:</b> The result showed that the concentration of fluoride was 0.05-0.61 ppm before purification and was removed completely afterward. Furthermore, other ions reduced significantly after treatment by the water purifier.</div><div><b> Conclusion: </b>This study revealed that this device decreases the fluoride content of water, an issue which should be considered in low and high-fluoridated water sources.</div><hr><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><b>Source: </b>Dental Research Journal </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><a href="http://drj.mui.ac.ir/index.php/drj/article/view/1039" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> Drinking water, fluoride, water-purifier 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-3358&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Zohreh Jafari Ashkavandi 100319475328460015451 100319475328460015451 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz Mahdi Kheirmand Kheirmand@yu.ac.ir 100319475328460015452 100319475328460015452 Yes Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran