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- Title
Fluoride Varnish for Preventing Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents.
- Authors
SIEVERS, KARLYNN; SILK, HUGH
- Abstract
The authors examine the effectiveness and safety of fluoride varnishes in preventing dental caries in children and adolescents based on 22 trials. Those treated with fluoride varnish had reduced decayed, missing, extracted and filled (DMF) permanent or primary tooth surfaces. There was no correlation found between caries severity, previous exposure to fluoride, concentration and application frequency of varnish, and effectiveness of varnish. The trials also showed no adverse effects.
- Subjects
CAVITY prevention; FLUORIDE varnishes; TOOTH demineralization; TREATMENT of dental caries; DRUG side effects
- Publication
American Family Physician, 2016, Vol 93, Issue 9, p743
- ISSN
0002-838X
- Publication type
journal article