Fluoridated salt for caries prevention and control - a 2-year field study in a disadvantaged community.

Background: Salt fluoridation is considered a cost-effective community strategy for reducing caries.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of school-based and domestic distribution of F-salt to schoolchildren residing in a disadvantaged community.

Design: Seven hundred and thirty-three schoolchildren (12-14 years), attending two public schools, were enrolled; one was assigned to intervention (IS), whereas the other served as reference (RS).

Prevalence of dental fluorosis in children taking part in an oral health programme including fluoride tablet supplements from the age of 2 years.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of dental fluorosis in children who had participated in an oral health programme between the ages 2-5 years, including fluoride tablets from the age of 2 years.

Design: The study group consisted of 135 10- to 11-year-old children who had participated in the programme, including parent education, tooth-brushing instruction and prescribed fluoride tablets (0.25 mg NaF) (2-3 years: 1 tablet/day; 3-5 years: 2 tablets/day).

Cost-analysis of an oral health outreach program for preschool children in a low socioeconomic multicultural area in Sweden.

The aim was to calculate the total and the net costs per child included in a 3-year caries preventive program for preschool children and to make estimates of expected lowest and highest costs in a sensitivity analysis. The direct costs for prevention and dental care were applied retrospectively to a comprehensive oral health outreach project for preschool children conducted in a low-socioeconomic multi-cultural urban area. The outcome was compared with historical controls from the same area with conventional dental care.

Outcome of an oral health outreach programme for preschool children in a low socioeconomic multicultural area.

Background: Despite a significant reduction in the prevalence of dental caries, childhood tooth decay is still a public health problem in both developed and developing countries.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the caries preventive effect of an oral health programme for preschool children living in a low socioeconomic multicultural area in the city of Malmö, Sweden.

Methods: Eight hundred and four 2-year-old children were enrolled and recalled every third month between ages 2 and 3 and semi-annually between ages 3 and 5 years.

Caries-preventive effect of an oral health program for preschool children in a low socio-economic, multicultural area in Sweden: results after one year.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the caries-preventive effect of an oral health program for preschool children living in a multicultural, low socio-economic area. In total, 804 2-year-old children were invited and recalled every 3rd month to an outreach facility for parent education and toothbrushing instruction. In addition, fluoride tablets (0.

Caries prevalence in 3-year-old children living in a low socio-economic multicultural urban area in southern Sweden.

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental caries in 3-year-old children living in a multi-cultural low socio-economic urban area of Malmö, Sweden, and to establish its relationship to some medical, oral and behavioural factors associated with caries risk. All 238 children that became 3 years of age between July and December 2000 were invited to participate and 94% showed up for examination. The parents completed a structured questionnaire concerning social and ethnic background, medical history and oral health behaviour and a clinical examination of the child was performed in optimal light with a mirror and probe.