Prevention of Dental Caries Lesions With Fluoride Varnish in Erupting First Permanent Molars

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of fluoride varnishes in the prevention of dental caries lesions in erupting permanent first molars, in high-risk patients. Using as reference ICDAS criteria, when the success means that the surface maintain an ICDAS value 0 and failure that has change in ICDAS value 0 to 1.

Sample: The sample comprise 180 patients between 6-7 years old with high-risk of dental caries.

Study design: It proposed an experimental design randomized into 3 groups according to the frequency of topical fluoride application.(Group A: every 6 month; Group B: every 3 month; Group C: positive control).

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Iberoamericana
• Collaborator: Colgate Palmolive
• Treatments: Fluorides; Fluorides, Topical; Listerine; Sodium Fluoride

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Informed Consent from parents.

• Child assent

• High risk of dental caries

• At least one sound first permanent molar (ICDAS=0)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bad behaviour

• Any systemic condition, disability