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- Title
Effect of fluoride containing dentrifice, mouthrinsing, and varnish on approximal dental caries in a 3-year clinical trial.
- Authors
Axelsson, Per; Paulander, Jörgen; Nordkvist, Karin; Karlsson, Rolf
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the separate effect of fluoride dentifrice, fluoride mouthrinsing and fluoride varnish on approximal dental caries. All 252 13-14-yr-old children at an elementary school were selected at random and divided among four groups for a 3-yr longitudinal study. Group I received a fluoride dentifrice for home care and a fluoride mouthrinse once a week. Group 2 received a fluoride dentifrice for home care and a placebo mouthrinse once a week. Group 3 received a fluoride dentifrice for home care and a fluoride varnish once every 3 months. Group 4 received a placebo dentifrice for home care and a fluoride rinse once a week. Fluoride rinsing did not give any additional effect compared with placebo-rinsing when a fluoride dentifrice was used for home care. Fluoride varnish gave a significant caries reduction compared with fluoride rinsing.
- Subjects
DENTAL caries; DENTAL pathology; FLUORIDES; VARNISH &; varnishing; DENTIFRICES; ORAL hygiene products; PLACEBOS; CAVITY prevention
- Publication
Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 1987, Vol 15, Issue 4, p177
- ISSN
0301-5661
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0528.1987.tb00513.x