Anticariogenic Effect of a Sodium Monofluorophosphate Solution in Children after 21 Months of Use

¹ Division of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The relative increment of decay in a group of children, 6 to 14 years of age, who used a 6 per cent solution of sodium monoflouorophosphate on their toothbrushes daily for 21 months was 51.1 per cent lower than in a control group. The increase in decayed and filled surfaces (DFS) was also 52.3 per cent lower, and the children using the fluoride compound had 66 per cent more reversals. The test was conducted in an area supplied with fluoridated water.