Efficacy of Fluoride Varnish and Cheese on White Spot Lesions Remineralization: Evaluation Using Laser Fluorescence
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- 10.2991/idcsu-17.2018.73How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- White-spot, fluoride, cheese, Diagnodent reading
- Abstract
Objective is to investigate the effectiveness of combining application of fluoride varnish with chewing cheese on white spot lesion remineralization. The research is a blinded quasi experimental study that was conducted on 521 occlusal white spot lesions (OWSL) of 69 dental students who were randomly assigned into three different treatment groups: Fluoride varnish (FV), Cheese (C) and combination of Fluoride varnish and Cheese (FVC). The reduction of Diagnodent reading (DR) values represented OWSL remineralization. The DR at screening was compared against DR at 2nd, 4th and 6th weeks of follow–up. Paired sample t-test and ANOVA test were used for data analysis. The research is a blinded quasi experimental study that was conducted on 521 occlusal white spot lesions (OWSL) of 69 dental students who were randomly assigned into three different treatment groups: Fluoride varnish (FV), Cheese (C) and combination of Fluoride varnish and Cheese (FVC). The reduction of Diagnodent reading (DR) values represented OWSL remineralization. The DR at screening was compared against DR at 2nd, 4th and 6th weeks of follow–up. Paired sample t-test and ANOVA test were used for data analysis. The mean (±SD) DR of FV at 2nd, 4th and 6th weeks follow-up were 13 (±5.4), 10(±7.53), 10(±7.23) and 9 (±6.23); those of C were 13 (±5.15), 11(±7.46), 11(±6.96) and 10(±7.04); and those of FVC were 14(±5.56), 13(±9.81), 12(±8.57) and 11(±7.31) respectively. There was a significant reduction of DR within each group (p=0.00). Among the 3 groups compared, DR was significantly reduced (p=0.021) at 2nd week between FV and FVC. However, there was no significant difference in DR between FV and C (p=0.781) or between C and FVC (p=0.115). No significant difference (p>0.05) in DR at screening, and at the 4th and 6th weeks was observed among all 3 groups. All 3 treatments had remineralization effect on white spot lesions with significant results at 2nd week. However, the most effective treatment could not be determined
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Susi Sukmasari AU - Wan Nurfazliyana binti Wan Fauzi AU - Zati Balqis binti Mohammed Azme AU - Anisa Kusumawardani AU - Iswan Zuraidi Zainol PY - 2018/02 DA - 2018/02 TI - Efficacy of Fluoride Varnish and Cheese on White Spot Lesions Remineralization: Evaluation Using Laser Fluorescence BT - Proceedings of the International Dental Conference of Sumatera Utara 2017 (IDCSU 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 288 EP - 293 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/idcsu-17.2018.73 DO - 10.2991/idcsu-17.2018.73 ID - Sukmasari2018/02 ER -