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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Effects of water fluoridation on caries experience in the primary dentition in a high caries risk community in Queensland, Australia |
Author: | Koh, R. Pukallus, M.L. Newman, B. Foley, M. Walsh, L.J. Seow, W.K. |
Citation: | Caries Research, 2015; 49(2):184-191 |
Publisher: | Karger AG |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 0008-6568 1421-976X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Rongzhen Koh, Margaret L. Pukallus, Bruce Newman, Michael Foley, Laurence J. Walsh, W. Kim Seow |
Abstract: | In December 2008, artificial water fluoridation was introduced for the first time to the Logan-Beaudesert district in the state of Queensland, Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of water fluoridation in the primary dentition in this community after a period of 36 months.Children aged 4-9 years with clinical examinations and bitewing radiographs (BWs) taken before water fluoridation (pre-F) were randomly selected as comparison controls for age matched children who had been exposed to a mean period of 36 months of water fluoridation (post-F). A total of 201 sets of pre-F BWs from children (mean age 6.95 ± 1.05 years) and 256 sets of post-F BWs from children (mean age 7.19 ± 1.23 years) attending schools in the district were randomly selected. Caries experience in the primary dentition was determined as decayed, missing or filled teeth/surfaces (dmft/dmfs).The caries prevalence for the pre-F group was 87% compared to 75% in the post-F group (Odds ratio (OR): 0.44, 95% CI: 0.27-0.72). Overall, there was a 19 percent reduction of mean dmft from 4.54 in the pre-F group to 3.66 in the post-F group (p = 0.005). After fluoridation, the dmfs was reduced from 6.68 to 5.17 (p = 0.0056). The distal surfaces of maxillary first primary molars experienced the greatest reduction (26%) in caries experience after water fluoridation (p < 0.001).After only 36 months of water fluoridation there was a significant drop in caries prevalence from 87 to 75% and a 19% reduction in caries experience in a community with one of the highest caries rates in Australia. |
Keywords: | Water fluoridation; caries experience; primary dentition; low socioeconomic |
Rights: | © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
DOI: | 10.1159/000369864 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1046779 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000369864 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Dentistry publications |
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