A community dental health project. I. Self applied SnF2-ZrSiO4 prophylactic paste and dental caries in primary school children.

A dental health programme which employed group self prophylaxis by school children aged 5-9 years is described. The group used 10 per cent SnF2-ZrSiO4 paste and was supervised within the school by an auxiliary of parents under the direction of a dentist. There was a 36 per cent reduction in DMFT increment at the end of two years in the children aged 7-9 years.