Author/Editor		Vrbič, Vitomir; Košmelj, Blaženka
Title		Cost analysis of 3 years of topical fluoride application
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 6, št. 5
Publication year		1978
Volume		str. 269-272
ISSN		0301-5661 - Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language		eng
Abstract		The article gives additional information about the 3-year study of caries reduction after topical application of 4 % NaF-PO4 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. The caries reduction obtained was about 20 % after topical fluoride application once a year (Group 2) and about 30% after topical fluoride application twice a year (Group 3). Data on costs of treatment and dentist's working time required are given. The costs of repair and topical fluoride application during the 3-year experimental period were in Group 2 72 % and in Group 3 158 % higher than in the Control Group. The dentist's working time for repair and topical fluoride application during the experimental period was in Group 2 33 % and in Group 3 80 % higher than in the Control Group. It seems to be of special interest that the dentist's working time spent for total tooth repair per child at the beginning of the study was 3.3%4.9 times higher than the working time for repair in the years during the study.
Keywords		cost dental caries fluorides stroški zobni karies fluoridi