Prevention of Dental Caries in Preschool Children

Release Date: April 2004

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This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on prevention of dental caries in preschool children.

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

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Summary of Recommendations

• The USPSTF recommends that primary care clinicians prescribe oral fluoride supplementation at currently recommended doses to preschool children older than 6 months of age whose primary water source is deficient in fluoride.
  Grade: B Recommendation.
• The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine risk assessment of preschool children by primary care clinicians for the prevention of dental disease.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Prevention of Dental Caries in Preschool Children, April 2004
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 188 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 311 KB; PDF Help)
Systematic Evidence Review (PDF File, 850 KB; PDF Help)

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Current as of April 2004

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Internet Citation:

Prevention of Dental Caries in Preschool Children, Topic Page. April 2004. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsdnch.htm

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