Chi Donald L
Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Box 357475, B509 Health Sciences Building, Seattle, WA 98195-7475, USA.
Dent Clin North Am. 2017 Jul;61(3):607-617. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 May 4.
A growing number of parents are refusing topical fluoride for their children during preventive dental and medical visits. This nascent clinical and public health problem warrants attention from dental professionals and the scientific community. Clinical and community-based strategies are available to improve fluoride-related communications with parents and the public. In terms of future research priorities, there is a need to develop screening tools to identify parents who are likely to refuse topical fluoride and diagnostic instruments to uncover the reasons for topical fluoride refusal. This knowledge will lead to evidence-based strategies that can be widely disseminated into clinical practice.
越来越多的家长在预防性牙科和医疗就诊期间拒绝让孩子使用局部用氟化物。这个新出现的临床和公共卫生问题值得牙科专业人员和科学界关注。现已有基于临床和社区的策略来改善与家长及公众在氟化物相关问题上的沟通。就未来的研究重点而言,有必要开发筛查工具以识别可能拒绝局部用氟化物的家长,以及诊断工具来揭示拒绝局部用氟化物的原因。这些知识将催生可广泛应用于临床实践的循证策略。