The U.S. National Institutes of Health awarded a $424,000 grant to researchers at Kennesaw State University in Georgia to assess and reduce barriers associated with pediatricians applying fluoride ...

Whereas caries in adults and adolescents is declining, studies in children under the age of 3 have shown that caries in this age group has hardly decreased: On average, about 14% of all 3-year-olds in ...

Sorting out barriers in applying fluoride varnish to young children and developing strategies for overcoming these barriers are important, so that all eligible children would receive this preventive ...

The administration of professionally applied topical fluoride (PATF) is a routine procedure in dental surgeries and is important as a prophylactic treatment in patients who are at high risk of ...

Dental caries in small children can be avoided with fluoride varnish application, according to a report by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care. Children under the age of 3 ...

Primary care physicians should apply fluoride varnish and prescribe fluoride supplements to certain children, according to a draft recommendation statement released by the U.S. Preventive Services ...

Fluoride varnish and fluoride mouthwash appear equally effective in a head-to-head trial and in a review of the literature. The finding shows that practitioners have options in finding the best way to ...

Fewer than 5% of well-child visits for privately insured young children included a recommended dental fluoride varnish application, despite mandatory insurance coverage for this service, according to ...

Regular use of fluoride varnish can prevent caries in primary teeth. Advantages or disadvantages regarding further patient-relevant outcomes remain unclear due to a lack of data. Whereas caries in ...