Two-Year Clinical Tests with Different Methods of Local Caries-Preventive Fluorine Application in Swedish School-Children

Torell, P

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“…At that time dental caries experience was very high in Sweden and a number of Swedish researchers took investigations into fluoride mouthrinses a stage further: they saw the potential for fluoride mouthrinsing by children in school to be an alternative to water fluoridation since this was unlikely to happen in Sweden. These Swedish trials, lasting two or three years resulted in substantial reductions in dental caries (11). Supervised school-based mouthrinsing programmes became popular in Sweden and some other countries and were credited with a substantial improvement in the oral health of Swedish children.…”

Section: Mouthrinsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three more trials of sodium fluoride, using the same or different abrasives, were published up to 1961, all reporting a lack of caries prevention. In 1961, Ericsson, in Sweden, concluded from laboratory research (10) that sodium bicarbonate would be a suitable compatible abrasive, and a subsequent trial in Sweden demonstrated the effectiveness of this formulation (11). A few years later, another Swedish trial showed a toothpaste containing sodium fluoride with an inorganic (acrylic bead) abrasive to be very effectivea 40 to 48% reduction in caries development during the three year trial (12).…”

Section: Toothpastesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fluoride toothpastes and fluoride mouthrinses

Rugg-Gunn

Bánóczy

2013

AMA

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Section: Mouthrinsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Toothpastesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fluoride toothpastes and fluoride mouthrinses

Rugg-Gunn

Bánóczy

2013

AMA

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“…After the introduction of fl uoride mouth rinsing (FMR) by Scandinavian researchers in the 1960's, school-based FMR every week or every second week was performed by the Swedish Public Dental Health Service for all schoolchildren for more than two decades [Torell and Ericsson, 1965;Birkeland and Torell, 1978]. A caries decline of 20-50% due to FMR has been reported [for review, see Petersson et al, 2002].…”

confidence: 99%

Approximal Caries Development in Adolescents with Low to Moderate Caries Risk after Different 3-Year School-Based Supervised Fluoride Mouth Rinsing Programmes

Sköld

Birkhed²,

Borg³

2005

Caries Res

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The aim was to evaluate a 3-year randomised controlled trial of school-based fluoride mouth rinsing (FMR) on approximal caries development in 13- to 16-year-olds with low to moderate caries risk. The adolescents used F toothpaste at home and underwent prophylactic treatment at yearly check-ups at public dental clinics. Out of 788 randomly selected 13-year-olds, 622 completed the trial, carried out in 1999–2003. Supervised by a dental nurse, the subjects rinsed with a 0.2% NaF solution at different intervals. Group 1 rinsed their teeth on the first three schooldays every semester; group 2 on the first three and the last three schooldays every semester; group 3 on three consecutive days once a month during semesters; group 4 once every fortnight during semesters, and group 5 (control) did not rinse. Radiographic recording of approximal caries was performed. FMR on the three first and the three last schooldays every semester (group 2) had a prevented fraction of 59%, with approximal enamel lesions as a diagnostic threshold. Corresponding figures for groups 1, 3 and 4 were 30, 47 and 41%, respectively. The control group differed statistically from groups 2–4 for new enamel and dentin lesions and fillings (p < 0.01). Enamel lesions constituted more than 90% of the new caries lesions. Caries progression was low for all groups and no significant differences were found between groups. The main conclusion from this randomised controlled trial is that school-based FMR, as a supplement to the daily use of F toothpaste, reduces caries incidence on approximal surfaces in adolescents with low to moderate caries risk.

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“…Fluoride mouth rinses have proved to be effective in areas with suboptimal water fluoride concentration and in children receiving inadequate fluoride therapy. Reductions in caries levels were ∼30% (85,137,144). Other studies, performed in fluoridated communities, also demonstrated a caries reduction as high as 55% (34), even in children with low caries prevalence (120).…”

Section: Mouth Rinsesmentioning

confidence: 63%

Oral Health in the United States: The Post-Fluoride Generation

Milgrom

Reisine

2000

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Tremendous strides have been made in reducing the incidence of tooth decay, periodontal diseases, and associated loss of teeth in adults and children since the inception of community water fluoridation programs. Yet the disadvantaged and poor have not fully shared in the benefits. Other challenges to oral health remain. Oral cancer and related smoking and smokeless tobacco use remain major public health problems. Access to preventive and therapeutic dental care is far from universal. Public health programs similar in commitment to the approach of community water fluoridation programs initiated in the 1950s and 1960s are needed to address neglected oral health needs of underserved and high-risk populations in the United States.

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Two-Year Clinical Tests with Different Methods of Local Caries-Preventive Fluorine Application in Swedish School-Children

Cited by 138 publications

References 19 publications

Fluoride toothpastes and fluoride mouthrinses

Fluoride toothpastes and fluoride mouthrinses

Approximal Caries Development in Adolescents with Low to Moderate Caries Risk after Different 3-Year School-Based Supervised Fluoride Mouth Rinsing Programmes

Oral Health in the United States: The Post-Fluoride Generation

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