Exposure to fluoride through daily oral home-care and professionally procedures in the dental office for a group of Romanian children
| Autor: | Mariana Caramida, Mihaela Adina Dumitrache, Maria Madalina Ionica, Ruxandra Sfeatcu, Ana Maria Alexandra Stanescu, Laura Tribus |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Romanian Medical Journal, Vol 69, Iss 3, Pp 116-120 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1220-5478 2069-606X |
| DOI: | 10.37897/RMJ.2022.3.4 |
| Popis: | Objectives. The aim of this study was the assessment of the exposure to fluoride through oral homecare products as well as professional applications for a group of children from Bucharest, Romania. Materials and methods. The cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 on a sample of 207 subjects from Bucharest, Romania, including parents with children between 1 and 12 years distributed in three age groups: 1-2 years, 3-5 years and 6-12 years. The assessment used a 10 items questionnaire, on-line and self-administered and completed by the parents most involved in child’s oral health. Results. The correct concentration of fluoride in child’s toothpaste was used as it follows 3.7% of 1-2 year-olds, 4.24% of 3-5 year-olds, 8.06% 6-12 year-olds. The age-adapted recommended quantity of toothpaste was used for 37.4% of children of 1-2 years, 61.86% of children of 3-5 years and 24.19% of children of 6-12 years. Twice-daily tooth brushing was performed by 40.74% 1-2 year-olds, 44.92% 3-5 year-olds, 62.90% 6-12 year-olds. In-office professional fluoridation was low, 88.89% of 1-2 years old children, 92.37% of 3-5 years old children and 77.42% 6-12 years old children were never exposed to such preventive procedures. Conclusions. Children from the present study had a suboptimal exposure to fluoride through oral home care products as well as to topical in-office professionally application of high concentration fluoride products |
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