Effectiveness of sodium fluoride mouthrinses on the prevention of dental caries: A systematic review

• Main Authors: P Jagan (Author), Nusrath Fareed (Author), Hemanth Battur (Author), Sanjeev Khanagar (Author), Manohara Bhat (Author), Rajeev Basapathy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Caries inhibitory effect of fluoride has been known for about a century. The use of mouthrinses as a vehicle for applying fluoride in a self-administered preventive program was first proposed by Bibby et al. in 1946. Since then sodium fluoride (NaF) mouthrinses have been used extensively...