| Autor: |
E, Clark, L A, Foster Page, K, Larkins, S, Leon de la Barra, W, Murray Thomson |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Zdroj: |
Community dental health. 36(1) |
| ISSN: |
0265-539X |
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Toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste reduces the incidence of dental caries.To evaluate a supervised school toothbrushing programme to reduce dental caries experience in children.Quasi-experimental study. All children had routine dental examinations at baseline using the ICDAS to record dental caries, along with bitewing radiographs. Half of the children were involved in a supervised toothbrushing programme. Examinations were repeated at the end of the school year.Northland, New Zealand.335 10-13-year-old New Zealand children with high caries experience.Half of the children participated in the supervised toothbrushing session each school day; the other half had no intervention.Caries increment, determined by comparing the baseline and follow-up status of each tooth surface.At baseline, there were 335 children, of whom 240 (71.6%) were followed up. The ICDAS net caries increment for those in the toothbrushing group was a mean of 11.7 surfaces improved; the control group had a mean of 8.6 surfaces which had deteriorated. Caries incidence for those in the toothbrushing group was 7.3%; that for the control group was 71.5%. Multivariate analysis showed that membership of the brushing group was the only statistically significant predictor of a lower net caries increment.A supervised school toothbrushing programme can reduce caries increment in a population experiencing high levels of dental disease. |
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