Fluoride toothpastes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsPublished 20 January 2003Open access
Valéria CC Marinho, Julian P. T. Higgins, Stuart Logan, Aubrey Sheiham deceased
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The effect of fluoride toothpastes increased with higher baseline levels of D(M)FS, higher fluoride concentration, higher frequency of use, and supervised brushing, but was not influenced by exposure to water fluoridation.
Abstract
Supported by more than half a century of research, the benefits of fluoride toothpastes are firmly established. Taken together, the trials are of relatively high quality, and provide clear evidence that fluoride toothpastes are efficacious in preventing caries.
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Two similar sodium fluoride dentifrices, one neutral and one alkaline, were compared to a placebo for clinical effectiveness in reducing caries and both were significantly effective but were not different from each other.
JOURNAL OF DENTAL HEALTHA FIELD STUDY ON EFFECT OF A DENTIFRICE CONTAINING SODIUM MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE IN CARIES PREVENTION
7 Citations1968Mitsuharu Takeuchi, Tokio Shimizu +2 more
From the results of field work, the dentifrice containing sodium monofluorophosphate was recognized to be effective in the prevention of dental caries.
The Journal of the American Dental AssociationEffect of SnF2 dentrifices on caries in children: Two-year clinical study of supervised brushing in children’s homes
7 Citations1966Adeeb E. Thomas, Homer C. Jamison
JOURNAL OF DENTAL HEALTHClinical trial on the reduction of caries incidence by use of two different fluoride dentifrices
6 Citations1970Masao Onisi, Hiroshi TANI
It was stressed in the present paper that use of actual susceptible site increased the rate of yearly cavitation of each groups, applying χ2-test on the results was absolutely necessary, and fluoride was effective for the caries appearing not only on the smooth surface but also on the pit and fissure.
PubMed[Clinical-radiological parallel control of a longitudinal study of the anti-caries effect of aminofluoride applied locally for 7 years in a double-blind test].
5 Citations1977W Künzel, W.‐G. Franke +1 more
In a comparison made for a period of more than seven years the anticarious effects of amine fluorides administered to selected groups of test subjects have been studied under controlled clinical experimental conditions.
The Journal of the American Dental AssociationEvaluation of a Stannous Fluoride Dentifrice for Use in Dental Health Programs. II. Operational Procedures
5 Citations1966Herschel S. Horowitz, Shirley R. Chamberlin
The methodology for developing a program of school toothbrushing and for handling and distributing supplies as used by the U.S. Public Health Service in their 3-year toothbrushes-dentifrice study is presented.
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