PubMed · 1981 · 16 citations · 4 references
DentistryPediatric DentistryPreventive DentistryChild Oral HealthPediatric Dental CariesPediatric Dental HygieneCaries ManagementCaries PreventionFluoride TherapyFluoride UseOral CareOral HygieneCaries Prevention In ChildrenCaries Reduction EffectivenessControl Group DesignFluoridationFluoride Use In ChildrenMatched Control GroupMouthrinse Use In ChildrenOptimal Fluoride Intake
Two groups of children, beginning in the seventh grade, rinsed their rnouths at school either once a week with a 0.2 percent solution o£neutral sodinm fluoride or once a day with a 0.05 percent neutral sodium fuoride solution. A control group of children fo]lowed the procedure once a week using a placebo mouthrinse. Results after 18 months showed that both fuoride rnouthrinse procedures effectively reduced the incidence of dental caries. The reductions in cat~es were in adch’ton to those already accrued from consuming optimally fluoridated dn’nldng water.
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