岐阜県におけるフッ化物配合歯磨剤の利用状況

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The purpose of this study was to survey the actual conditions of use of fluoride dentifrices. The subjects were 105 three-year-old children, 413 primary school children of the 3 lower grades, 405 primary school children of the 3 upper grades and 722 students of junior high school. Questionnaires were filled out for each of the four groups.<BR>Almost all the children brushed their teeth every day. The rate of tooth brushing with dentifrice was 94.2% for the students of junior high school, 86.3% for the primary school children of the upper grades, 76.1% for the primary school children of the lower grades and 51.5% for three-year-old children. The rate of use of fluoride dentifrice was the highest for three-year-old children (80.0%), and the lowest was 57.3% for students of junior high school. Regarding the rate of the users who knew their dentifrice contained fluoride, the lowest was 6.1% for the students of junior high school, and the highest was 20.2% for the primary school children of the lower grades. Thus, the users of fluoride dentifrice were little aware that their dentifrice contained fluoride.<BR>It is undoubted fact that the use of fluoride dentifrice is effective in caries prevention. In childhood, when dental caries is frequent more children should use fluoride dentifrices for caries prevention.
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