Tag: Caries-preventive program
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of community water fluoridation for schoolchildren.
Availability of data and materials The datasets used and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request. Notes adjusted to EU19 prices (5). The probability of receiving an amalgam given that you received an extraction at your previous visit is of course zero. Abbreviations CWF: Community water fluoridation PWS: Public […]
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Longitudinal caries prevalence in a comprehensive, multicomponent, school-based prevention 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.