ArticleBritish dental journal2019
Might one simple question indicate a child's caries risk and guide preventive advice?
Article in British dental journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Childhood caries and hospital admissions in England: a reflection on preventive strategies.British dental journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
That the extraction of carious teeth is the most common reason for hospital admission of under 18-year-olds in England suggests that a reappraisal of preventive advice in primary dental care for this age-group is now urgently needed. Dental professionals working under time constraints in areas of social deprivation and high caries prevalence need a simple approach to determining caries risk and simple, acceptable preventive messages to convey to patients. The advice not to give sugar-sweetened food or drink in the hour before bedtime and especially not to put infants to bed with a feeding bottle, other than one containing just water, coupled with supervised twice daily toothbrushing with a fluoride toothpaste containing at least 1000 ppm of fluoride might be a pragmatic way of reducing the burden of caries and the need for hospital admission for a largely preventable disease.
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