Original scientific paper

The efficiency of topical fluoride application to deciduous teeth of preschool children

Erich Jelinek ; Zavod za dječju i preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb, Jugoslavija
Ančica Pećina-Hrnčević ; Zavod za dječju i preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb, Jugoslavija
Dubravka Radionov ; Zavod za dječju i preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta, Zagreb, Jugoslavija

Abstract

Fluoride was applied topically in a group of preschool children 3 to 5 years old in 3 nursery schools of Zagreb. Another group of children from 3 other nursery schools of equal age served as controls. The children were brushing their teeth and rinsing under control with a 0,3% solution of sodium fluoride at intervals of 2—3 weeks. After 15 months the caries increment in dmf-surface in the treated group was 52,6% whereas in the controls it was 100%.

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Hrčak ID:

106714

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/106714

Publication date:

15.6.1976.

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