Oral health professionals need to be knowledgeable about this common oral condition and understand which patient populations are at greatest risk.

While caries prevention is an off-label use, silver diamine fluoride holds great promise in reducing the most common chronic disease of childhood.

Is the appropriate interval for fluoride varnish application among patients at average or slightly elevated caries risk every 3 months to 6 months? If so, what is the protocol for patients at high risk? Would applying varnish every 72 hours…

Dental hygienists need to be prepared to promote and defend community water fluoridation as an effective caries-prevention strategy.