Review of professionally applied fluorides for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents

A Munteanu, AM Holban, MR Păuna, M Imre… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of professional topical fluoride application on
the prevention of dental caries in primary and permanent dentition. A web search was …

Bioactive materials for caries management: A literature review

OL Zhang, JY Niu, IX Yin, OY Yu, ML Mei, CH Chu - Dentistry Journal, 2023 - mdpi.com
Researchers have developed novel bioactive materials for caries management. Many
clinicians also favour these materials, which fit their contemporary practice philosophy of …

White spot lesions: biomaterials, workflows and protocols

SM Adel, N El-Harouni, NR Vaid - Seminars in Orthodontics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The development of White Spot Lesions (WSLs) after completion of treatment is
immensely discouraging to a specialty whose ultimate goal is to improve dentofacial …

Clinical interventions with various agents to prevent early childhood caries: A systematic review with network meta‐analysis

S He, EKM Choong, D Duangthip… - … Journal of Paediatric …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases among preschool
children globally. Different preventive agents and combinations have been studied …

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of a bioactive restorative material versus a Glass-Ionomer cement on Streptococcus mutans: in-vitro study

G Conti, F Veneri, F Amadori, A Garzoni, A Majorana… - Dentistry Journal, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Dental caries management consists of both preventive and restorative
approaches. Pediatric dentists can rely on many techniques and materials to restore …

Biphasic functions of sodium fluoride (NAF) in soft and in hard periodontal tissues

X Wang, N Tewari, F Sato, K Tanimoto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sodium fluoride (NaF) is widely used in clinical dentistry. However, the administration of
high or low concentrations of NaF has various functions in different tissues. Understanding …

The use of mouthwash containing trimetaphosphate as an adjunct therapy to fluoridated toothpaste reduces enamel demineralization

AS Gruba, GP Nunes, M Danelon, FMC Gonçalves… - Journal of Dentistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The decline in dental caries has been attributed to the widespread use of
fluoride (F). Two forms of presentation are fluoridated toothpaste (FT) and mouthwash (MW) …

Methodological quality of network meta-analysis in dentistry: a meta-research

AF Montagner, PDM Angst, DP Raggio… - Brazilian Oral …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
This meta-research aimed to provide an overview of the methodological quality and risk of
bias of network meta-analyses (NMA) in dentistry. Searches for NMA of randomized clinical …

Cost-effectiveness and cost–benefit analyses of fluoride varnish for caries prevention in Guangxi, China

L Tang, S Nong, K Chen, Q Liu, X Yu, X Zeng - BMC Oral Health, 2024 - Springer
Objectives The objectives of this study were to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and cost-
benefit of fluoride varnish (FV) interventions for preventing caries in the first permanent …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of risk-based caries management among Chinese preschool children: a randomized controlled single-blind trial

H Jiang, A Shi, J Li, Y Zhang, J Yang - BMC Oral Health, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Early childhood caries (ECC) remain a serious oral health problem on a global
scale. Risk-based caries management (RBCM) implemented in some parts of the world has …