Protocol for "Seal or Varnish?" (SoV) trial: A randomised controlled trial to measure the relative cost and effectiveness of pit and fissure sealants and fluoride varnish in preventing dental decay

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chestnutt, Ivor Gordon ^a   Chadwick, Barbara Lesley ^a   Hutchings, Simon ^b   Playle, Rebecca ^a,b   Pickles, Timothy ^a,b   Lisles, Catherine ^b   Kirkby, Nigel ^b   Morgan, Maria Zeta ^a   Hunter, Lindsay ^a   Hodell, Ceri ^c   Withers, Beverely ^c   Murphy, Simon ^b   Morgan Trimmer, Sarah ^b   Fitzsimmons, Deborah ^d   Phillips, Ceri ^d   Nuttall, Jacqueline ^b   Hood, Kerenza ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Dental caries; Fluoride varnish; Oral health; Pit and fissure sealants; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; BISPHENOL A BIS(2 HYDROXYPROPYL) ETHER DIMETHACRYLATE; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORIDE VARNISH; SODIUM FLUORIDE TOPICAL PREPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BISPHENOL A-GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM FLUORIDE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WALES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869188577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-12-51     Document Type: Article

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