We hope that it helps to confirm salt fluoridation as an effective method of preventing dental caries and encourages its application through the world as programs continue to be developed in the region paho will share information and knowledge with the public health community as a way to improve the dental health of the regions population. The use of salt fluoridation to prevent dental caries 1 a landmark study conducted in 1968 by paho the national institute of dental and craniofacial research and the university of antioquia in medellin colombia established that the use of fluoridated salt could have the same anti caries properties as fluoridated water as a fluoride vehicle salt was shown to be as reliable and conve nient . Promoting oral health the use of salt fluoridation to prevent dental caries paho scientific publications s amazonde estupinan day saskia fremdsprachige bucher. The use of salt fluoridation to prevent dental caries 1 a landmark study conducted in 1968 by paho the national institute of dental and craniofacial research and the university of antioquia in medellin colombia established that the use of fluoridated salt could have the same anti caries properties as fluoridated water as a fluoride vehicle salt was shown to be as reliable and conve nient . Advisor 1 39 promoting oral health the use of salt fluoridation to prevent dental caries was written by saskia estupinan day head of pahos oral health program the book traces the history of salt fluoridation first used in switzerland in the 1950s and later elsewhere in europe and the americas promoting oral health the use of salt fluoridation