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Adv Dent Res 9:120-121, July, 1995
© 1995 SAGE Publications

Caries Reduction by Milk Fluoridation in Bulgaria

K. Ivanova

Dental Faculty University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

G.N. Pakhomov

World Health Organization Geneva and Copenhagen

IJ Moeller

World Health Organization Geneva and Copenhagen

M. Vrabcheva

Stomatological Polyclinic Asenovgrad, Bulgaria

The aim of the present study has been to investigate the caries-reducing effect of a community-based milk fluoridation project. In those Kindergartens where fluoridated milk had been delivered on a regular basis, the estimated consumption corresponded to a daily intake of 200 mL milk containing 1 mg F- (5 ppm F-) for periods of 180-200 days per year. A total of 204 six-year-old children, randomly selected, was examined at baseline and three and a half years after the start of the project. A statistically significant reduction in the prevalence of dental caries was obtained for those children who had received fluoridated milk on a regular basis. In six-year-old children, the reduction in the dmft figure was 40% and in the DMFT figure, 90%. Despite the deficiencies in the design of this study (dictated by local circumstances), the results confirm the findings of other studies on the caries-reducing effect of fluoridated milk. The results also confirm that the earlier in the child's life the consumption of fluoridated milk starts, the better the effect.

Key Words: Caries prevention • milk fluoridation.

Advances in Dental Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, 120-121 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/08959374950090020701
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