Fewer than 5% of well-child visits for privately insured young children included a recommended dental fluoride varnish application, despite mandatory insurance coverage for this service, according to ...

Thanks to Group Health Cooperative and Washington Dental Service, more children will be spared from going under the dentist’s drill at young ages — or at least they might have to go less frequently.

Quarterly application of a casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) fluoride varnish reduces the development of caries in young children, according to research presented on July 9 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Halloween is over, so now would probably be a great time to talk a little bit about cavities and children's dental health. Dr. Amos S. Deinard from the Department of Pediatrics ...

Question: Is chlorhexidine varnish effective in reducing caries in adults who have reduced salivary flow? Objective To determine whether chlorhexidine varnish would reduce caries incidence in adults ...

Though hugely popular for preventing dental decay in children, fluoride varnish may not be anything but an expensive placebo, it turns out, from the results of a new study by University of Washington ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As your kids get ready for trick-or-treating Saturday night, the real scare might come by December. That's when Valley dentists start to see cavities that developed after too ...

Researchers from the Queen Mary University of London have developed a dental treatment inspired by weatherproofing technology used in civil engineering to protect teeth from decay and acid erosion.

A CHOP study shows how quality improvement strategies rapidly increased fluoride varnish use in young children’s checkups. This project demonstrates that preventive dental care can be scaled in a ...

Philadelphia, September 18, 2025 – Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated how a multifaceted intervention approach significantly improved the rate of dental varnish ...