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A community dental health project
Author(s) -
Woods Robin,
Martin Noel D.,
Barnard P. D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1976.tb05750.x
Subject(s) - dental health , dentistry , medicine , family medicine , orthodontics
A bstract — A dental health programme which employed group self prophylaxis by school children aged 5–9 years is described. The group used 10 per cent SnF 2 ‐ZrSiO 4 paste and was supervised within the school by an auxiliary of parents under the direction of a dentist. There was a 36 per cent reduction in DMFT increment at the end of two years in the children aged 7–9 years.