Impact of Fluoride Vanish Application in Dental Prevention for Elderly

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study questions the interest of fluoride varnish dental application in preventing tooth decay in a population of institutionalised elderly people.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Treatments: Fluorides; Fluorides, Topical; Listerine; Sodium Fluoride; Sodium fluoride topical preparation

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient hospitalised in nursing home or long-stay hospital department

• patient older than 18 years old

• obtention of informed consent

• 3 or more healthy or treated teeth on each side (left and right) of the mandibles

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient in palliative care or end-of-life care

• patient without social security affiliation

• patient participating in another research dealing with dental care

• contra-indication to fluoride varnish