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ReviewDental clinics of North America2017

Parent Refusal of Topical Fluoride for Their Children: Clinical Strategies and Future Research Priorities to Improve Evidence-Based Pediatric Dental Practice.

Donald L Chi

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Review in Dental clinics of North America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Donald L ChiDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Box 357475, B509 Health Sciences Building, Seattle, WA 98195-7475, USA. Electronic address: dchi@uw.edu.

Funding

Addressing Oral Health Disparities in Medicaid-Enrolled Special Needs Children wiK08DE020856 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHI, DONALD LESLIE · 2010 to 2014
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing number of parents are refusing topical fluoride for their children during preventive dental and medical visits. This nascent clinical and public health problem warrants attention from dental professionals and the scientific community. Clinical and community-based strategies are available to improve fluoride-related communications with parents and the public. In terms of future research priorities, there is a need to develop screening tools to identify parents who are likely to refuse topical fluoride and diagnostic instruments to uncover the reasons for topical fluoride refusal. This knowledge will lead to evidence-based strategies that can be widely disseminated into clinical practice.

Indexed as

Decision MakingEvidence-Based DentistryTreatment RefusalCariostatic AgentsChildDental Care for ChildrenDental CariesDental ResearchFemaleFluorides, TopicalHumansMaleParentsPediatric DentistryUnited StatesCariostatic AgentsFluorides, TopicalCaries riskChildrenFluorideFluoride hesitancyFluoride refusalOral health inequalitiesPreventive care decision makingTopical fluoride

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PMID28577640
PMCPMC5783310

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