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Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children
BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases of children that affect their life and their family in different aspects. Using different types of fluoride is one of the most effective ways for preventing the disease. Fluoride varnish is a topical fluoride product wh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709364 |
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author | Mohammadi, Tayebeh Malek Hajizamani, Abolghasem Hajizamani, Hamid Reza Abolghasemi, Batol |
author_facet | Mohammadi, Tayebeh Malek Hajizamani, Abolghasem Hajizamani, Hamid Reza Abolghasemi, Batol |
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description | BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases of children that affect their life and their family in different aspects. Using different types of fluoride is one of the most effective ways for preventing the disease. Fluoride varnish is a topical fluoride product which could use in the community even by non-professional. This study aimed to assess the effect of fluoride varnish on dental caries in a group of children aged 3-6 years old in Kerman kindergarten during 6 month’s period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community interventional study recruited a sample of volunteer children from 12 kindergartens through a cluster sampling. Kindergarten randomly allocated to test and control group after matching. Dental examination was performed in three phases of the study by a trained dentist using criteria of Intentional Caries Detection and Assessment System. Fluoride varnish was applied for test group in the first phase after dental examination and also 3 and 6 months after this phase. Control group has received varnish product just after 3 and 6 months after the first dental exam. Mean decayed, missed and filled teeth (dmft) were compared between and within groups using T-test. RESULTS: From 476 children who participated in the study 55% were boys and the 6 years group was the most frequent group with 35% (166). Mean dmft difference was significant between Phase 1 and 2 (P = 0.05) in the test group but there was no significant difference between Phase 2 and 3 (P = 0.07). The difference was not significant between Phase 1 and 2 (P = 0.09) but it was significant between Phase 1 and 3 (P = 0.03) in the control group. CONCLUSION: The study results showed a decrease in mean dmft after applying the fluoride varnish which confirms previous studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-43366572015-03-01 Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children Mohammadi, Tayebeh Malek Hajizamani, Abolghasem Hajizamani, Hamid Reza Abolghasemi, Batol J Int Oral Health Original Research BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases of children that affect their life and their family in different aspects. Using different types of fluoride is one of the most effective ways for preventing the disease. Fluoride varnish is a topical fluoride product which could use in the community even by non-professional. This study aimed to assess the effect of fluoride varnish on dental caries in a group of children aged 3-6 years old in Kerman kindergarten during 6 month’s period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community interventional study recruited a sample of volunteer children from 12 kindergartens through a cluster sampling. Kindergarten randomly allocated to test and control group after matching. Dental examination was performed in three phases of the study by a trained dentist using criteria of Intentional Caries Detection and Assessment System. Fluoride varnish was applied for test group in the first phase after dental examination and also 3 and 6 months after this phase. Control group has received varnish product just after 3 and 6 months after the first dental exam. Mean decayed, missed and filled teeth (dmft) were compared between and within groups using T-test. RESULTS: From 476 children who participated in the study 55% were boys and the 6 years group was the most frequent group with 35% (166). Mean dmft difference was significant between Phase 1 and 2 (P = 0.05) in the test group but there was no significant difference between Phase 2 and 3 (P = 0.07). The difference was not significant between Phase 1 and 2 (P = 0.09) but it was significant between Phase 1 and 3 (P = 0.03) in the control group. CONCLUSION: The study results showed a decrease in mean dmft after applying the fluoride varnish which confirms previous studies. Dentmedpub Research and Printing Co 2015-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4336657/ /pubmed/25709364 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Oral Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Mohammadi, Tayebeh Malek Hajizamani, Abolghasem Hajizamani, Hamid Reza Abolghasemi, Batol Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children |
title | Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children |
title_full | Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children |
title_fullStr | Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children |
title_short | Fluoride Varnish Effect on Preventing Dental Caries in a Sample of 3-6 Years Old Children |
title_sort | fluoride varnish effect on preventing dental caries in a sample of 3-6 years old children |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709364 |
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