DOI:

10.37988/1811-153X_2020_1_4

Practical realization of the caries prevention program among school children in Bobruisk, Belarus

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Authors

  • A.V. Kovalevskaya 1, PhD in Medical Science, chief physician
  • E.V. Shakura 2, pediatric dentist, head of the Dental department
  • V.V. Novikova 2, pediatric dentist, head of the “Children's Dental Polyclinic” branch
  • N.P. Shhur 2, pediatric dentist
  • P.A. Leous 3, PhD in Medical Sciences, full professor of the 2nd Therapeutic dentistry department
    ORCID: 0000-0002-7815-6780
  • 1 Mogilev Regional Dental Polyclinic, 212030, Mogilev, Belarus
  • 2 Bobruysk City Dental Polyclinic no. 1, 213826, Bobruysk, Belarus
  • 3 Belarusian State Medical University, 220116, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

Aim — a long-term medical efficiency evaluation of the school supervised toothbrushing in prevention of dental caries. Materials and methods. In 2012 in Bobruisk city 250 the first-grade children were involved in the 2-years program of toothbrushing supervised and assisted by school teachers. Children were provided free toothbrushes and toothpastes with an active anticaries component — Mineralin Kids®. Dental checkup was carried every 2 first years and the final one at age of 12 years. The DMFT and its components were recorded. Results. An average DMFT of permanent teeth of 12-year-old school children participated in two-year supervised toothbrushing program was at the level of 1.72, which was by 14% less as in comparison group of the same age school children. Conclusion. The State program, which comprise the supervised toothbrushing in schools was effective in prevention of dental caries in children in the long-term observation period.

Key words:

dental caries prevention, supervised toothbrushing, school-based program, mineralising toothpastes

For Citation

[1]
Kovalevskaya A.V., Shakura E.V., Novikova V.V., Shhur N.P., Leous P.A. Practical realization of the caries prevention program among school children in Bobruisk, Belarus. Clinical Dentistry (Russia).  2020; 1 (93): 4—8. DOI: 10.37988/1811-153X_2020_1_4

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April 1, 2020