The prevention of dental caries is the primary purpose for dental service. “Dental caries is defined as a localized, post-eruptive, pathological process of external origin involving softening of the hard tooth tissue and proceeding to the formation of a cavity” (WHO). The centerpiece for caries prevention since the 1960’s has been the application of sodium fluoride varnish. Typically, a sodium fluoride varnish treatment is conducted twice a year. Studies have shown that children who receive sodium fluoride varnish treatments twice a year have a reduced level of carious lesions in comparison to those children who do not receive a sodium fluoride varnish application. Since sodium fluoride varnish application twice a year decreases the risk of
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Gugwad, Preetam Shah, Rahul Lodaya, and Chetan Bhat. These Professors are a part of the Department of Pedodontics at BVDU Dental College and Hospital of India. The study was “a randomized controlled trial conducted among two hundred and fifty children between the ages of six and seven years” old (JCDP). At the beginning of the experiment all of the children received oral prophylaxis, proper oral hygiene care instruction, and were evaluated for dental caries according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Then, the selected children were randomly divided into two equal groups. Group 1 was the control group. This group of children did not receive sodium fluoride varnish treatments for one year. Group 2 consisted of children who did have sodium fluoride varnish treatments applied three times in one year.
The many different variables used in this study consisted of the altered types of dental assessment that were present on the dentitions’ of the children. The assessments were recorded in what are known as dental indices. Since the children were within the age range of 6 and 7, many of the children had what is known as a mixed dentition. A mixed dentition is a set of teeth that contains both primary and permanent teeth. Therefore, many dental indices had to be conducted. The dental indices conducted on each of the children were DEFT, DEFS, DEFTP, DEFSP, DMFT, DMFS, and …show more content…
DMFT, Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth, is an index used to measure past and present caries incidence throughout the permanent dentition. DMFS, Decayed-Missing-Filled Surfaces, is an index that is used to assess caries occurrence throughout each individual permanent tooth surface, facial, lingual, occlusal, mesial, and distal.
OHI-S, Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified, is an index in which six tooth surfaces are examined for plaque and tartar build up. The six surfaces consist of four posterior and two anterior teeth.
These indices were completed in order to determine the incidence of carious lesions within the dentition prior to intense sodium fluoride varnish treatment. The purpose of this experiment was to conclude if intense sodium fluoride varnish treatment would decrease the incidence of dental caries among children. The researchers hypothesized that intense application of sodium fluoride would decrease dental caries in children. They were able to hypothesize this based on the results of similar studies.
Ho: Increase in the incidence of dental caries among children.
Ha: Decrease in the incidence of dental caries among
Gugwad, Preetam Shah, Rahul Lodaya, and Chetan Bhat. These Professors are a part of the Department of Pedodontics at BVDU Dental College and Hospital of India. The study was “a randomized controlled trial conducted among two hundred and fifty children between the ages of six and seven years” old (JCDP). At the beginning of the experiment all of the children received oral prophylaxis, proper oral hygiene care instruction, and were evaluated for dental caries according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Then, the selected children were randomly divided into two equal groups. Group 1 was the control group. This group of children did not receive sodium fluoride varnish treatments for one year. Group 2 consisted of children who did have sodium fluoride varnish treatments applied three times in one year.
The many different variables used in this study consisted of the altered types of dental assessment that were present on the dentitions’ of the children. The assessments were recorded in what are known as dental indices. Since the children were within the age range of 6 and 7, many of the children had what is known as a mixed dentition. A mixed dentition is a set of teeth that contains both primary and permanent teeth. Therefore, many dental indices had to be conducted. The dental indices conducted on each of the children were DEFT, DEFS, DEFTP, DEFSP, DMFT, DMFS, and …show more content…
DMFT, Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth, is an index used to measure past and present caries incidence throughout the permanent dentition. DMFS, Decayed-Missing-Filled Surfaces, is an index that is used to assess caries occurrence throughout each individual permanent tooth surface, facial, lingual, occlusal, mesial, and distal.
OHI-S, Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified, is an index in which six tooth surfaces are examined for plaque and tartar build up. The six surfaces consist of four posterior and two anterior teeth.
These indices were completed in order to determine the incidence of carious lesions within the dentition prior to intense sodium fluoride varnish treatment. The purpose of this experiment was to conclude if intense sodium fluoride varnish treatment would decrease the incidence of dental caries among children. The researchers hypothesized that intense application of sodium fluoride would decrease dental caries in children. They were able to hypothesize this based on the results of similar studies.
Ho: Increase in the incidence of dental caries among children.
Ha: Decrease in the incidence of dental caries among