Long-term effects of a toddler-focused caries prevention programme among Northwestern US tribal children: The TOTS-to-Tweens study.
Nicole Holdaway SmithTam LutzGerardo MaupomeJodi LapidusCandice JimenezMaxine JanisEli SchwarzThomas BeckerPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2020)
Our findings suggest modest yet significant long-term effects of interventions that prevented toddler dental caries on the DMFT scores of tweens evaluated ten years later. Further study of effective interventions and their sustainability is clearly warranted among tribal children, who remain at high risk for dental caries.