Effectiveness of 2-year application of school-based chlorhexidine varnish, sodium fluoride gel, and dental health education programs in high-risk adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorErsin, Nazan Kocatas
dc.contributor.authorEden, Ece
dc.contributor.authorEronat, Nesrin
dc.contributor.authorTotu, Fusun Irem
dc.contributor.authorAtes, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T19:55:45Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T19:55:45Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To compare the caries preventive effects of 2-year application of school-based chlorhexidine varnish, sodium fluoride gel, and dental health education programs among a high-risk group of 11- to 13-year-olds with low caries activity. Method and Materials: A total of 149 subjects who had previous caries experience in the primary dentition and Streptococcus mutans levels higher than 105 at baseline with 0 DMFS index were selected for this randomized clinical trial. Subjects were allocated to one of 3 groups for treatment with chlorhexidine varnish (n = 50), sodium fluoride gel (n = 50), or a dental health education program (n = 49), which were repeated throughout the 2-year study. The outcomes examined at the end of the study were the caries increment (DMFS index), dental plaque scores, and salivary S mutans counts. Results: The subjects in the education group showed a significant increase in the salivary levels of S mutans in comparison with the other groups (P =.004), but there was no significant difference among the groups in the caries increment after 2 years, with mean DMFS +/- SD as 0.95 +/- 1.33, 0.88 +/- 1.47, and 1.05 +/- 2.01 in the chlorhexidine varnish, sodium fluoride gel, and education groups, respectively. There were also no significant differences in the pre- and posttreatment plaque scores between the groups. Conclusion: Although all 3 preventive programs in this high-caries-risk group of children with low caries activity resulted in similar plaque and caries values after 2 years, longer follow-up studies are needed to clarify the effect of reduction in S mutans growth by chemotherapeutic agents in caries incidence.en_US
dc.identifier.endpageE51en_US
dc.identifier.issn0033-6572
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid18560640en_US
dc.identifier.startpageE45en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/40727
dc.identifier.volume39en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000253991200012en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherQuintessence Publishing Co Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofQuintessence Internationalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectcariesen_US
dc.subjectchlorhexidineen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectfluorideen_US
dc.subjectStreptococcus mutansen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of 2-year application of school-based chlorhexidine varnish, sodium fluoride gel, and dental health education programs in high-risk adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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