The anticaries effect of repeated toplications with APF gel was assessed in
the primary dentition of 2-6-year-olds after 8, 18 and 28 months. Frequent, but
less than daily, topical fluoride therapy appeared to have little effect in
pre-school children consuming water-borne fluoride and receiving other
traditionally recommended modalities of prevention.
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