Promoting oral health through fluoride toothpaste

Changing use and knowledge of fluoride toothpaste by schoolchildren, parents and schoolteachers in Beijing, China Key words: Dental caries, fluoride toothpaste, oral health behaviour, school oral health

Objective: To assess the oral hygiene practices, current use of and knowledge about fluoride toothpaste among schoolchildren, parents, and schoolteachers; to describe the attitudes of parents and schoolteachers in relation to improving schoolchildren’s oral health. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: 1,557 schoolchildren, 1,132 parents, and 352 schoolteachers were recruited by multista...

Promoting oral health through community engagement.

Persistent health disparities still exist in the U.S. despite decades of focus on the importance of prevention. Individual behaviors are the major contributor to oral health. By partnering and linking with community organizations, oral health professionals can expand their reach, overcome the obstacles to delivering effective prevention activities in dental offices and improve the oral health o...

High Fluoride Toothpaste, About | ACFF

Description: Fluoride dentifrices were first introduced in the 1950s. [1] The first fluoride dentifrice contained stannous fluoride and was first marketed in 1955. Since then many studies have investigated the level of dose and the form of fluoride that is optimum in dentifrice formulations. Higher caries reduction was reported in the 70s in clinical trials that investigated the potency of usin...

Global affordability of fluoride toothpaste

OBJECTIVE Dental caries remains the most common disease worldwide and the use of fluoride toothpaste is a most effective preventive public health measure to prevent it. Changes in diets following globalization contribute to the development of dental caries in emerging economies. The aim of this paper is to compare the cost and relative affordability of fluoride toothpaste in high-, middle- and ...

On fluoride toothpaste – knowledge, attitudes and behaviour