Abstract
The caries reduction achieved by the use of fluorides has been a major public health accomplishment. The topical application of fluoridation is used widely to perform one of the prevention methods of dental caries. In the pedodontic clinic at the Tokyo Dental College Suidobashi Hospital, the use of acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) gels with artificial sweetener added, containing 1.23% fluoride are used for application to the topical application of fluoridation for the degree which is the same as the APF solution to be using.
This study was to investigate a survey of the experience in the fluoridation, the type of artificial sweetener, their selected thoughts and items concerning patients and their parents to whom fluoridation was applied in our clinic. Many of the child patients to whom fluoridation was applied were six year old. The lower age children showed tendency to like taste of the artificial sweetener. As their age advanced, children came to like the mint taste with the feeling of coolness rather than the strongly sweet taste.
In this study, the APF gels with artificial sweetener added were generally accepted by the children. The artificial sweetener addition to APF gels with artificial sweetener added were effective in reducer the unpleasant feeling experienced by children. It was valid with introduction of the topical application of fluoridation to the lower age children.
