Clinicians treating a higher percentage of patients insured by Medicaid and patients younger than 5 years were more likely to apply fluoride varnish. Objectives: To identify factors associated with ...

Regular use of fluoride varnish can prevent caries in primary teeth. Advantages or disadvantages regarding further patient-relevant outcomes remain unclear due to a lack of data. Whereas caries in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued several final recommendations regarding the oral health of ...

Fluoride varnish and fluoride mouthwash appear equally effective in a head-to-head trial and in a review of the literature. The finding shows that practitioners have options in finding the best way to ...

Private insurers were more likely than Medicaid to deny claims for fluoride varnish and well-child visits, both preventive ...

Semiannual topical application of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) or sodium fluoride was no more effective than a placebo in preventing children from developing approximal caries. The 18-month clinical ...

A two year placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised control trial in 1-4-year-old children. Children were recruited from low income families in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with access to a fluoridated ...

Cedars-Sinai Hospital's COACH for Kids and Their Families mobile medical program has been selected as one of 20 U.S. school-based programs to receive a $15,000 grant from the National Assembly on ...

KUSA - Children will generally visit a doctor for 10 check-ups by the time they're 3 years old. But, many won't see a dentist until there's a problem. As a result, cavities are the leading chronic ...

Whereas caries in adults and adolescents is declining, studies in children under the age of 3 have shown that caries in this age group has hardly decreased: On average, about 14% of all 3-year-olds in ...