Yakima Head Start Fluoride Varnish Study

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether an annual application of three (3) fluoride varnish doses over two weeks is at least as effective in reducing cavities as the current semi-annual application.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington
• Collaborators: Enterprise for Progress in the Community; National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR); The Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic; Washington State Migrant Council
• Treatments: Fluorides; Fluorides, Topical

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 36-71 months

• Enrolled in participating Head Start Center

• Plan to stay in Yakima County for duration of the study

• One sound tooth surface present

Exclusion Criteria:

• No teeth present

• Developmentally unable to give oral assent