Effectiveness of Fluoride in Preventing Caries in Adults
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Griffin, S.O.
Regnier, E.
Griffin, P.M.
Huntley, V.
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2007-05
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To date, no systematic reviews have found fluoride to be effective in preventing dental caries in adults. The objective of this meta-analysis was to examine the effectiveness of self- and professionally applied fluoride and water fluoridation among adults. We used a random- effects model to estimate the effect size of fluoride (absolute difference in annual caries increment or relative risk ratio) for all adults aged 20+ years and for adults aged 40+ years. Twenty studies were included in the final body of evidence. Among studies published after/during 1980, any fluoride (self- and professionally applied or water fluoridation) annually averted 0.29 (95%CI: 0.16- 0.42) carious coronal and 0.22 (95%CI: 0.08-0.37) carious root surfaces. The prevented fraction for water fluoridation was 27% (95%CI: 19%-34%). These findings suggest that fluoride prevents caries among adults of all ages.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1177/154405910708600504
A supplemental appendix to this article is published electronically only at http://www.dentalresearch.org.
A supplemental appendix to this article is published electronically only at http://www.dentalresearch.org.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This research was funded by the Division of Oral Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School; and the National Science Foundation (DMI- 0113881).
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