[Prevention of dental caries in Thailand: 3 fluoridated products submitted for comparative tests].
The aim of a three-year field trial was to compare the relative effectiveness of a 0.2% fluoride rinse used fortnightly, fluoride chewing-gum sweetened with sucrose and fluoride chewing-gum sweetened with a mixture of xylitol and sorbitol (4 sticks of gum chewed per day for 5 days a week during the school year). Indications from the data are that the chewing-gum/sucrose regime was at best considerably less effective than the other two regimes. The study shows that the effectiveness of the chewing-gum/xylitol-sorbitol and the fluoride rinse regimes was comparable.
D000293:Adolescent; D002638:Chewing Gum; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D009067:Mouthwashes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014993:Xylitol / Q000008:administration & dosage
D002638:Chewing Gum; D009067:Mouthwashes; D013012:Sorbitol; D013395:Sucrose; D005459:Fluorides; D014993:Xylitol
Prévention de la carie dentaire en Thaïlande: trois produits fluorés soumis à des tests comparatifs.