ArticleJournal of public health dentistry2010
Topical iodine and fluoride varnish combined is more effective than fluoride varnish alone for protecting erupting first permanent molars: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Effect of Antimicrobial Interventions on the Oral Microbiota Associated with Early Childhood Caries.Pediatric dentistryPooled it
- Effect of Fluoride Varnish in Preventing Dental Caries of First Permanent Molars: A 24-Month Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Addition of Povidone-Iodine to Fluoride Varnish for Dental Caries: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JDR clinical and translational research · 2021Trial
- Efficacy evaluation of an anti-caries varnish: protocol for a phase II randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2017Trial
- Effect of a chlorhexidine/thymol and a fluoride varnish on caries development in erupting permanent molars: a comparative study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2015Trial
- Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of a single annual professional intervention for the prevention of childhood dental caries in a remote rural Indigenous community.BMC oral health · 2015Trial
- Response of Salivary Microbiota to Caries Preventive Treatment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.Journal of oral microbiology · 2020Article
- Dental caries experience in children of a remote Australian Indigenous community following passive and active preventive interventions.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2019Article
- Comparative cariostatic efficacy of a novel Nano-silver fluoride varnish with 38% silver diamine fluoride varnish a double-blind randomized clinical trial.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2019Article
- Salivary characteristics and dental caries experience in remote Indigenous children in Australia: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- Dental health aides in Alaska: A qualitative assessment to improve paediatric oral health in remote rural villages.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2018Article
- Pharmacokinetics of Iodine and Fluoride following Application of an Anticaries Varnish in Adults.JDR clinical and translational research · 2018Article
- Fluorides and Other Preventive Strategies for Tooth Decay.Dental clinics of North America · 2018Review
- Pediatric Caries Risk Assessment as a Predictor of Caries Outcomes.Pediatric dentistry · 2017Observational
- Effect of an Oral Health Preventive Protocol on Salivary Parameters and Gingival Health of Children with Type 1 Diabetes.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
- Comparing the Effectiveness of Topical Fluoride and Povidone Iodine with Topical Fluoride Alone for the Prevention of Dental Caries among Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryReview
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Abstract
objectiveThis communication examines the combined effect of topical polyvinylpyrollidone (PVP)-iodine plus fluoride varnish in the prevention of tooth decay in erupting first permanent molars in an ongoing public health program.
methodsThe evaluation employed a retrospective cohort design with two groups of children 60-83 months. Cohort 1 (2004-05) received three times per school year topical fluoride varnish, and Cohort 2 (2008-09) received topical application of 10 percent PVP-iodine followed at each visit with topical fluoride varnish. The children were examined clinically at the beginning and end of the school year.
resultsThe proportion of children with caries-free first permanent molars in Cohort 2 (PVP-iodine plus fluoride varnish) was 0.883 and was greater than that in Cohort 1 (varnish), which was 0.785 (Chi-square = 1.000E1, df 1, P < 0.002).
conclusionsThis evaluation of an ongoing dental public health program adds evidence that topical antiseptics applied at the same time as fluoride varnish are more effective than varnish alone. Randomized trials are needed.
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