Dental health of preschool children after two-years of a supervised tooth brushing program in Southern Israel.
July 22, 2021
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
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Natapov L, Dekel D, Pikovsky V, Zusman SP.
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10(1):42.
Background
Supervised tooth brushing is an important part of leading national oral health improvement programs in different countries.
With the cessation of water fluoridation in 2014, a new program was immediately required to provide community-based caries prevention, especially amongst young children.
The aim of this study was to determine whether a supervised tooth brushing program (STBP) in kindergartens could reduce dental caries amongst preschool children, when compared with c