Clinical management and prevention of dental caries in athletes: A four-year randomized controlled clinical trial

The aims of this four-year randomized controlled clinical trial were to gain insights into management and prevention of dental caries and the effect of stannous fluoride products in athletes. Fifty-four participants were randomized into test and control groups. The test group used special stannous f...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2018-11, Vol.8 (1), p.16991-10, Article 16991
Main Authors: Frese, C, Wohlrab, T, Sheng, L, Kieser, M, Krisam, J, Frese, F, Wolff, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Clinical trials
Dental Care
Dental caries
Dental Caries - prevention & control
Dental Caries - therapy
Female
Fluoridation
Fluorides
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sports
Stannous fluoride
Teeth
Young Adult
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Summary:The aims of this four-year randomized controlled clinical trial were to gain insights into management and prevention of dental caries and the effect of stannous fluoride products in athletes. Fifty-four participants were randomized into test and control groups. The test group used special stannous fluoride products. The primary endpoint dental caries was assessed by the ICDAS-II-System and analyzed both by a linear mixed model for repeated measures and a generalized linear mixed model. During the observation period an increase in caries-free surfaces from 64.91 ± 6.42 at baseline to 73.22 ± 4.43 was observed. In surfaces with caries superficialis and caries media, a decrease from 13.94 ± 5.70 and 2.96 ± 2.55 surfaces at baseline to 7.89 ± 3.18 and 0.46 ± 0.78 after 2.5 years was noted, respectively. The analysis showed no effect of stannous fluoride products, but a significant difference for the time of examination (p 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-34777-x