The Effectiveness of School Dental Screening: a Cluster-randomized Control Trial

Author:

Milsom K.123,Blinkhorn A.123,Worthington H.123,Threlfall A.123,Buchanan K.123,Kearney-Mitchell P.123,Tickle M.123

Affiliation:

1. Halton NHS Primary Care Trust, UK;

2. Oral Health Unit of the National Primary Care R&D Centre, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH, UK; and

3. National Oral Health Unit, UK

Abstract

Dental screening of children in schools is undertaken in many countries. There is no evidence that this activity is effective. The objective of our study was to determine if school dental screening of children reduces untreated disease or improves attendance at the population level. A four-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial was undertaken in the northwest of England. In total, 16,864 children aged 6–9 years in 168 schools were randomly allocated to 3 test groups, which received screening according to different models, and a control, which received no intervention. There were no significant differences in caries increment in the primary and secondary dentitions or in the proportions of children attending a dentist after screening between the control group and the 3 intervention arms. School dental screening delivered according to 3 different models was not effective at reducing levels of active caries and increasing attendance in the population under study.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Dentistry

Cited by 43 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3