Fluoride varnish cost-effectiveness

For children and adolescents, the use of fluoride varnish has provided an effective means for reducing the number of caries they experience. It is highly safe and associated with few adverse events. Increasingly, however, varnishes and the fluoride bioavailability vary, which can limit their effectiveness in protecting dental hard tissues. Single fluoride varnish applications tend to be low in cost per application and when distributed over different teeth, but repeated applications done for a long period of time can be costly both on an individual and on a population-based level.

Source: Dental Abstracts - September 1, 2018 Category: Dentistry Tags: Inquiry Source Type: research