Caries preventive effects of toothpastes containing monofluorophosphate and trimetaphosphate: a 3-year clinical trial.

The caries-preventive effects of two toothpastes were tested in a 3-year clinical trial involving 1319 children aged 11-13 years. The test toothpastes were: 1) a low abrasion paste containing 0.8% sodium monofluorophosphate (MFP), and 2) a paste containing 3% sodium trimetaphosphate (TMP).

Oral hygiene and dental caries--a review.

Numerous studies have related dental caries experience of children with the frequency of their toothbrushing or with their oral cleanliness at the time of examination. Conflicting results were obtained and, therefore, no conclusions may be drawn from these studies. In other studies, the incidence of new carious lesions over a number of years was related to oral cleanliness during the same period of time.