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Effectiveness of an Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride-Pumice Prophylactic Paste: A Two-Year Report

1969; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 48; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/00220345690480030301

1544-0591

John K. Peterson, Herschel S. Horowitz, William A. Jordan, Vincent A. Pugnier,

Dental Education, Practice, Research

The cariostatic potentiality of an acidulated phosphate fluoride-pumice prophylactic paste was tested on children in grades 5 through 7 in a fluoridated community and in a nonfluoridated community. Measurements of effectiveness were made by one examiner without the use of radiographs; a second examiner made the measurements with and without the use of radiographs. The only significant differences (<0.05) were found in the nonfluoridated community.