title: Results of a promising open trial to prevent baby bottle tooth decay: a fluoride varnish study.
abstract: One hundred thirty-three farm worker children with an average age of 17 months participated in a study of a fluoride varnish in WIC programs in the Yakima Valley of Central Washington. After parents were interviewed, the child was examined and a fluoride varnish applied to the maxillary incisors. At the six-month recall 62 children and their parents returned. Results indicated a significant decrease in decalcification from 35 percent to 21 percent and an increase in decay from 3 percent to 16 percent. The rate of decay was lower than the 30 percent found in this age-group in this population. Of 130 sound teeth at baseline, 13 percent were decayed or decalcified in six months; of 73 decalcified teeth at baseline, 51 percent were found to be sound in six months. Additional experimentation with fluoride varnish is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Domoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koday
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leroux
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005460:Fluorides, Topical / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008437:Maxilla; D017058:Mexican Americans; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017001:Tooth Demineralization / Q000517:prevention & control; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D014861:Washington
chemical_list: D005460:Fluorides, Topical; C023807:sodium fluoride topical preparation; D012969:Sodium Fluoride