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Combined effects of a fluoride dentifrice and mouthrinse on the incidence of dental caries
Author(s) -
Blinkhorn A. S.,
Holloway P. J.,
Davies T. G. H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01347.x
Subject(s) - dentifrice , medicine , dentistry , fluoride , sodium fluoride , incidence (geometry) , lime , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , physics , materials science , optics , metallurgy
751 14‐ and 15‐year old children completed a 3‐year, double‐blind, caries preventive program. The effects of daily, supervised toothbrushing with an 0.76% sodium monofluorophosphate dentifrice, rinsing with a 0.05% sodium fluoride mouthrinse, and the combined effects of the two treatments were investigated. Both the dentifrice and mouthrinse reduced the incidence of dental caries, but their combined use at die same lime had no greater effect than either used alone.