Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk
Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different follow-up consultation intervals on caries incidence in children with low caries risk. The study was composed of 224 children aged between 3 and 5 years and with low risk of caries. The children were randomly allocated into...
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| author | Gabriela Oliveira BERTI Jenny ABANTO Thais CORDESCHI Gabriela Sá OLIVEIRA Thiago SAADS Marcelo BÖNECKER |
| author_facet | Gabriela Oliveira BERTI Jenny ABANTO Thais CORDESCHI Gabriela Sá OLIVEIRA Thiago SAADS Marcelo BÖNECKER |
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| description | Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different follow-up consultation intervals on caries incidence in children with low caries risk. The study was composed of 224 children aged between 3 and 5 years and with low risk of caries. The children were randomly allocated into two groups, according to two different follow-up consultation intervals: Group 1 (G1) – 12-month follow-up interval; Group 2 (G2) – 18-month follow-up interval. All oral clinical examinations were performed by a single examiner who was previously calibrated and blinded in relation to the study groups. An external dentist provided the advice on oral hygiene and diet and evaluated the children’s socioeconomic conditions. The Chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests were used to evaluate the differences between groups. Poisson regression analyses were performed to assess the association of caries incidence with the other variables. At the end of the study there was a significant difference between the groups regarding initial active lesions (p = 0.012), and children in G2 were at a higher risk of developing initial active lesions than those in G1 (p = 0.047). Children who had a higher number of teeth with initial active lesions in the follow-up consultations were at a higher risk of developing cavitated dentin caries (p = 0.001). Both follow-up intervals are justifiable. Although significant results have been observed for initial active caries lesions within the 18-month follow-up interval, it should be noted that these lesions can be treated using just preventive measures. Besides, different return interval had no effect in cavitated dentin lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1446a4e49336483fa97dbfe25370be832022-12-21T20:12:09ZengSociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa OdontológicaBrazilian Oral Research1807-31072020-12-013510.1590/1807-3107bor-2021.vol35.0014Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries riskGabriela Oliveira BERTIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0116-2621Jenny ABANTOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5088-878XThais CORDESCHIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1058-1905Gabriela Sá OLIVEIRAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-9002Thiago SAADShttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2435-1169Marcelo BÖNECKERhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-6473Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different follow-up consultation intervals on caries incidence in children with low caries risk. The study was composed of 224 children aged between 3 and 5 years and with low risk of caries. The children were randomly allocated into two groups, according to two different follow-up consultation intervals: Group 1 (G1) – 12-month follow-up interval; Group 2 (G2) – 18-month follow-up interval. All oral clinical examinations were performed by a single examiner who was previously calibrated and blinded in relation to the study groups. An external dentist provided the advice on oral hygiene and diet and evaluated the children’s socioeconomic conditions. The Chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests were used to evaluate the differences between groups. Poisson regression analyses were performed to assess the association of caries incidence with the other variables. At the end of the study there was a significant difference between the groups regarding initial active lesions (p = 0.012), and children in G2 were at a higher risk of developing initial active lesions than those in G1 (p = 0.047). Children who had a higher number of teeth with initial active lesions in the follow-up consultations were at a higher risk of developing cavitated dentin caries (p = 0.001). Both follow-up intervals are justifiable. Although significant results have been observed for initial active caries lesions within the 18-month follow-up interval, it should be noted that these lesions can be treated using just preventive measures. Besides, different return interval had no effect in cavitated dentin lesions.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242021000100214&tlng=enPediatric DentistryDental CariesChild, Preschool |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela Oliveira BERTI Jenny ABANTO Thais CORDESCHI Gabriela Sá OLIVEIRA Thiago SAADS Marcelo BÖNECKER Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk Brazilian Oral Research Pediatric Dentistry Dental Caries Child, Preschool |
| title | Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk |
| title_full | Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk |
| title_fullStr | Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk |
| title_short | Follow-up interval for dental appointments: a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk |
| title_sort | follow up interval for dental appointments a randomized clinical trial with children with low caries risk |
| topic | Pediatric Dentistry Dental Caries Child, Preschool |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242021000100214&tlng=en |
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