title: Randomised Clinical Trial on Resin Infiltration and Fluoride Varnish vs Fluoride Varnish Treatment Only of Smooth-surface Early Caries Lesions in Deciduous Teeth.
abstract: To clinically evaluate the effectiveness of resin infiltration in conjunction with fluoride varnish treatment vs fluoride varnish treatment alone on facial smooth-surface caries lesions in deciduous teeth.
  
  
  
  This randomised clinical trial was conducted in 419 children aged 18-71 months with at least two active smooth-surface caries lesions in deciduous teeth (ICDAS II score 2). Eighty-one participants met the inclusion criteria and were allocated to one of the two treatment groups: resin infiltration and fluoride varnish (RI+FV) (n = 41) and fluoride varnish only (FV) (n = 40). The prevalence of treated white spot lesions (WSL) was scored. Fluoride varnish was applied in both groups every 3 months for a year.
  
  
  
  The mean baseline age of children was 3.8 ± 1.3 years. The effectiveness of resin infiltration measured as the percentage of children who did not present any progression of the treated lesions amounted to 43.1%. After one year, 92.1% of the infiltrated lesions (RI+FV) and 70.6% of the FV lesions had not progressed (p < 0.001).
  
  
  
  Resin infiltration in conjunction with fluoride varnish treatment of early facial smooth-surface caries lesions in deciduous teeth is superior to fluoride varnish treatment alone for reducing lesion progression.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turska-Szybka
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gozdowski
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mierzwińska-Nastalska
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olczak-Kowalczyk
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003736:Dental Cavity Lining; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005460:Fluorides, Topical / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005460:Fluorides, Topical; D012117:Resins, Synthetic