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Fluoride Toothpaste Market Surveillance in the Dominican Republic: Quality Gaps and Policy Implications.

Oral health & preventive dentistry · Abreu-Placeres N, Garrido LE, Lippert F, Ekstrand KR, Eckert G, Tamayo-Cabeza G, Martignon S, Martinez-Mier EA · 2026-09-09

Nearly one-third of toothpastes sold in the Dominican Republic contained insufficient fluoride levels for effective cavity prevention, with locally made products and those with certain abrasives showing the greatest fluoride losses.

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