Tag: Caries-preventive program
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Fluoride exposure and factors affecting dental caries in preschool children living in two areas with different natural levels of fluorides.
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Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Aiming at Reducing Inequality in Dental Caries among Children.
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Carious lesions in permanent dentitions are reduced in remote Indigenous Australian children taking part in a non-randomised preventive trial.
Excerpt Discussion … While our annual intervention reduced caries incidence, caries increment remains unacceptably high in this community, even in children who received it. These interventions are resource-intensive, so consideration should be given to proven cost-effective interventions such as the reintroduction of water fluoridation. If active interventions are needed, consideration should be given to expanding […]
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“It’s really no more difficult than putting on fluoride varnish”: a qualitative exploration of dental professionals’ views of silver diamine fluoride for the management of carious lesions in children
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Cost effectiveness of a fluoride varnish daycare program versus usual care in central Winnipeg, Canada.
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Evaluation of a national complex oral health improvement programme: a population data linkage cohort study in Scotland.
EXCERPTS Strengths and limitations of the study This is the first population-wide data linkage cohort study to evaluate the reach and impact of a complex public health intervention. There is evidence of effectiveness of oral health improvement interventions for children including fluoride toothpaste and professionally applied fluoride varnish; however, the evidence of combining these into […]
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Pit and fissure sealants versus fluoride varnishes for preventing dental decay in the permanent teeth of children and adolescents.
Plain language summary Sealants or fluoride varnishes: which treatment is better for preventing decay in the permanent back teeth of children and adolescents? Why is this question important? Tooth decay (also called a cavity or caries) is when a small hole develops in a tooth. This happens because bacteria (tiny living organisms) that live in […]
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National supervised toothbrushing programme in Scotland, 1986–2009: trends over time, reduction in inequality, and cost analysis.
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Intelligent policy making? Key actors’ perspectives on the development and implementation of an early years’ initiative in Scotland’s public health arena.
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Fluoride varnish and dental caries in preschoolers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
References 1. Marinho V C C, Worthington H V, Walsh T, Clarkson J E. Fluoride varnishes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002279.pub2. 2. Health and Social Care Information Centre. Children’s Dental Health Survey: Executive Summary. 2015. Available at https://files.digital.nhs.uk/publicationimport/pub17xxx/pub17137/cdhs2013-executive-summary.pdf (accessed September 2019). 3. Public Health England. […]