Effect of self-brushing with acidulated phosphate fluoride (pH 5.6) on dental caries in children
Acta odontol. latinoam
; 8(2): 17-25, 1994-1995.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this work was to study the effect of a preventive program on the dental plaque and on the caries incidence in school children. The program comprised weekly supervised self brushing with acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) gel (pH 5.6; concentration 4520 ppm of ion F-). The program involved 240 children of 1st., 3rd and 5th grade of a primary school in the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina). The population was divided in 2 groups A (experimental) and B (control). Ninety children from both groups (45 experimental and 45 control) were submitted to baseline clinical examination (DMFT and plaque index) and microbiological analysis (total streptococci, St mutans and St. mutans and St. mutans percentage). Group A was then submitted to a preventive program which included self brushing with APF gel (4520 ppm of ion F-). The 90-children sample was monitored after 1 and 2 years of program. Results were statistically processed and they revealed the following a--DMFT was significantly greater in the control group than in the experimental group after 1 and 2 years of program; b--an 81.43
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English
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Spanish
Journal:
Acta odontol. latinoam
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
1994
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Article