Fluoride varnish as a preventive treatment of primary teeth: A systematic review

Abstract

Objetive: To identify fluoride varnish as a preventive treatment for primary teeth in patients according to the evidence in the literature. Materials and Methods: Literature review in the scientific literature, in the following databases: PUBMED (19), BVS (25), BBO Odontología (21). The descriptors selected in Spanish were: “fluor”, “barniz”, “odontología”. Combined in the following search strategy: Spanish: [“fluor” AND “barniz” AND “odontología”]. PICO and SPIDER methodology was used. Results: 65 articles were found by selecting by title and abstract. After a thorough reading only 23 articles met the inclusion criteria of being a clinical trial, longitudinal study (quasi-experimental or cohort), duplicate articles and 13 that were not directly related to the topic were not excluded. The final sample totaled seven articles for the systematic review. Conclusions: Fluoride varnish is a material for preventive use in dentistry that has a wide and successful application in the treatment of the population at all ages and with diverse application in its use.

Keywords

• systematic review
• disease prevention
• dentistry
• fluoride treatment
• topical fluorides
• varnish
• revisión sistemática
• prevención de enfermedades
• odontología
• tratamiento con fluoruro
• fluoruros tópicos
• barniz