The Effect Of The Supervised Use
Of Fluoridated Toothpaste On The
Gingival Health Of Children
Published: April 1, 2011 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2011/.1283
ROHIT IT ANAND
Pedodontics with preventive dentistry, Sardar Patel Post
Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences., Lucknow (U.P.),INDIA
Correspondence
Rohit Anand, Department of Pedodontics with preventive
dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental
Sciences., Lucknow (U.P.), INDIA phone no - 07275118066,
Email—rohitanand555@yahoo.com
Purpose: The present study was envisaged to study the effect of fluoridated toothpaste on the gingival health of children. Materials and Methods: Subjects in the age group of 8 to 10 years were selected for the study, irrespective of their sex and socio economic status. Toothpastes containing 0.38% sodium mono fluorophosphates, 500 PPm fluorides, 0.35% sodiummono fluorophosphates and 458 PPm fluorides were used. The criterion for gingival health scoring was a marginal gingival index. Result: The results of this study showed that the oral health of the child patients improved over a 10 week period by the use fluoridated toothpastes. Conclusion: This study shows that the use of fluoride toothpastes leads to a reduction in the gingival inflammation in children.
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