S N

Subjects

Place

Tooth Type

Mean Level

(ppm/µg/g ± SD)

Method

Ref.

1

Children

Sao Paulo Brazil

DT

1.3

ICP-MS

[2]

2

Children

Pribram, Czech Republic

DT

1.43

AAS

[3]

3

Children

suburban areas of Turkey

DT

1.30 - 1.77

AAS

[4]

4

Children (5 - 7 yr) from Poland

Non-urban

DT

1.77 ± 1.79

AAS

[5]

Urban

1.47 ± 1.7

5

Male & Female children

Merida, Venezuela

Healthy DT

3.10 ± 0.97

AAS

[6]

6

Children

Urban &

suburban Ankara

DT

3.42

AAS

[7]

7

Children

Karachi

DT

5.78

AAS

[8]

8

Children of 5 to 12 yr

Jordan

DT

30.26

ICP

[9]

9

Preadolescent Negro children

Charleston SC, USA

DT

92.4 ± 41.9

AAS

[10]

10

6-yr-old children

9-yr-old children

Finland

DT incisors

DTcanines

8.1 ± 5.3

4.1 ± 2.6

PIXE

[11]

11

Children

zinc-lead smelter area of Dariba, India

Incisors

Canine

Molars of DT

40.67 ± 21.06

46.77 ± 50.10

39.56 ± 34.33

AAS

[12]

12

Women

Kyoto

PT

1.2 ± 0.5

XRF & ICP

[13]

13

Females

Kuwait

PT dentin

5.6 ± 4.6

AAS

[14]

Males

6.8 ± 4.7

14

Residents

Mitrovica (Kosovoa)

PT

22.3

ICP-MS

[15]

Klina (Kosovoa)

3.2

Graz (Austria)

1.7

15

10-12 yr old children

Virginia

PT

43.2 ± 1.0 (e)

38.9 ± 1.4 (d)

NAA

[16]

16

All subjects, (children & adult)

Hoboken (industrial)

PT

35.35 ± 6.0

AAS

[17]

Brussels (urban)

17.72 ± 4.16

Arlon (rural)

21.45 ± 4.35

17

Lead-poisoned children

DT dentine

601 ± 225

ASV

[18]

Children

Suburban Boston

84.4 ± 56.6

Healthy children

Iceland

35.9 ± 29.5