A field trial on semi-annual fluoride varnish applications among the special needs schoolchildren.
This study assessed cariostatic effect of one fluoride varnish Duraphat among children with a low caries risk and compared this effect to group of a moderate caries risk, belonging to same ethnic group with same socioeconomic background. Results of this study showed that fluoride varnish had cariostatic effect in a group of children with a moderate caries risk but not among those with a low caries risk.
Paediatric Dentistry Clinic, Amiri Dental Centre, Ministry of Health, Kuwait. hamijeta@yahoo.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005460:Fluorides, Topical; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005460:Fluorides, Topical; C023807:sodium fluoride topical preparation; D012969:Sodium Fluoride