Short intensive topical APF applications and dental caries in a fluoridated area
| Autor: | G. J. Franchi, Harold R. Englander, J.R. Mellberg, G. W. Mosley, C.R. Nicholson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
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Time Factors Dentistry Dental Caries Topical fluoride chemistry.chemical_compound Fluorides Group differences Untreated control Fluoridation Medicine Humans Fluorides Topical Child Dental Enamel General Dentistry Orthodontics Clinical Trials as Topic Enamel paint business.industry DMF Index Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Caries activity chemistry visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Drug Evaluation Female business Fluoride |
| Zdroj: | Community dentistry and oral epidemiology. 6(3) |
| ISSN: | 0301-5661 |
| Popis: | Three groups of approximately 200 children, consuming fluoridated water since birth, were given cither 5, 10 or 25 consecutive topical applications with an APF gel (1.2% F, pH 3.2) in mouthpieces. After 1 year, mean DMFS increments were 7.2%, 30.4% and 35.3% less respectively for the three groups as compared with untreated control groups. Although enamel fluoride levels remained high after the 1st year, differences in denial caries increments between treated and control groups were too small to show group differences. The results suggest that in a Fluoridated area, when caries activity is low, if would be difficult to show a long-term anticaries effect by increasing the fluoride con cent ration in sound enamel by a short series of self-applied topical fluoride applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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