Fluoride refusal

Although topical fluoride use has become the cornerstone of prevention in dentistry and fluoride is both safe and effective, data indicate that a certain proportion of parents are refusing fluoride treatments for their children during preventive dental or medical visits. Even more parents are fluoride hesitant, which is defined as accepting fluoride for their children but having unresolved concerns. Because fluoride is one of the only preventive treatments available for caries prevention, fluoride refusal, which includes fluoride hesitancy, has implications for how clinicians communicate with parents about fluoride so that parents can make informed and optimal preventive health care decisions for their children.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: Hands On Source Type: research