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. 2016 Dec 1;8(5):e604-e610.
doi: 10.4317/jced.52890. eCollection 2016 Dec.

Prevention of dental caries: A review of effective treatments

Claudio Sicca  1 , Elena Bobbio  2 , Natale Quartuccio  3 , Giovanni Nicolò  1 , Angelina Cistaro  4
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Review

Prevention of dental caries: A review of effective treatments

Claudio Sicca et al. J Clin Exp Dent. .

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study is to review medical and non medical treatments for prevention of caries.

Material and methods: A comprehensive literature search of the most relevant and updated published studies from 01/01/2002 through December 2015 in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase and Scopus databases regarding the efficacy of strategies and treatments aiming to prevent the development of caries was performed selecting papers on the basis of the Evidence-based Medicine Criteria.

Results: We identified thirty systematic reviews on prevention of caries. Analyzing the data the retrieved literature, performance of prevention treatments seems to be high.

Conclusions: Prevention treatments may have a relevant impact on the avoiding the development of caries planning. Key words:Dental caries, prevention, fluoride.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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