Original scientific paper
Caries-Preventive Effect of Amine Fluoride Solution with Different Fluoride Concentrations and Different Frequency of Application in Preschool Children
Kata Rošin-Grget
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ileana Linčir
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zlata Bujanović
; Dom zdravlja »Dubrava«, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Josipa Kern
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar«, Medicinski fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In this study, the effect of two different fluoride concentrations of amine fluoride solutions with two different frequencies of application
on the mean two-year caries increment in 3-5-year-old children, was examined. In a double-blind clinical study involving 415 kindergarten
children, the mean caries increment (dmft and dmfs) was compa-red after topical application o f amine fluoride solution with 1 % and 0.5 % F with two different frequencies of application (5 and 10 times a year) and a placebo solution. Differences in the mean dmft and dmfs increment of 1.2 (a 28.6% reduction) and2.8 (a 23% reduction), respectively, were found between the study group in whom a low fluoride solution with 0.5% F was frequently applied (every month) and the control group. These differences were statistically significant. The mean dmfs increment in the group with 1 % F (5 times a year) was by 2.9 surfaces (a 24% reduction) lower than in the control group, which was also statistically significant. Results of the trial suggested the fluoride solution to be efficient in caries prevention if a lower fluoride concentration (0.5% F) is more frequently applied in the amine fluoride solution.
Keywords
amine fluoride; low-level fluoride; pre-school child; preventive dentistry
Hrčak ID:
100318
URI
Publication date:
15.9.1993.
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