Caries-preventive effectiveness of fluoride varnish as adjunct to oral health promotion and supervised tooth brushing in preschool children: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1277-1283

  Agouropoulos, A ^a   Twetman, S ^b   Pandis, N ^c   Kavvadia, K ^a   Papagiannoulis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Fluoride toothpaste; Fluoride varnish; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; BUFFER; DRUG COMBINATION; FLUOR PROTECTOR; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; PLACEBO; POLYURETHAN; SILANE DERIVATIVE; TOOTHPASTE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE INDEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BUFFERS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PLACEBOS; POLYURETHANES; SALIVA; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SILANES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908118608     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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