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Caries Incidence in Permanent First Molars After Discontinuation of a School-based Chlorhexidine-thymol Varnish Program by Pilar Baca; Pilar Junco; Manuel Bravo; Adela P. Baca; M. José Muñoz is a Dentistry article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Objectives: To determine whether the cessation for 3 years of a 24-month program of chlorhexidine-thymol varnish applications would affect caries incidence in the first permanent molars of a population of schoolchildren of middle and lower-middle socioeconomic level. ## Methods: Two groups of 6-7-year-old schoolchildren, randomized by school-class, were followed up in a clinical trial. one group received applications of chlorhexidine-thymol varnish every 3 months and the other group acted as controls. the program ended after 24 months and its effects were evaluated. three years later, 55.5% of the schoolchildren were re-examined and the caries increments were documented. ## Results: At the end of the 24-month program, the treated children had significantly fewer decayed and filled surfaces in permanent molars (lower dfs index) versus the controls. at 3 years after the discontinuation of the program, this difference had disappeared; there were no differences in the incidence of decayed, missing and filled surfaces (dmfs) index in permanent molars between the treated children and the controls. ## Conclusion: The cessation for 3 years of a 3-month program of chlorhexidine-thymol va

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Author

Pilar Baca; Pilar Junco; Manuel Bravo; Adela P. Baca; M. José Muñoz

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0301-5661)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)