Clinicians treating a higher percentage of patients insured by Medicaid and patients younger than 5 years were more likely to apply fluoride varnish. Objectives: To identify factors associated with ...

The U.S. National Institutes of Health awarded a $424,000 grant to researchers at Kennesaw State University in Georgia to assess and reduce barriers associated with pediatricians applying fluoride ...

Preventing caries on occlusal surfaces of molars is a key preventive care objective in all patients, but especially for children and those from lower socioeconomic groups. A new study compared ...

Sorting out barriers in applying fluoride varnish to young children and developing strategies for overcoming these barriers are important, so that all eligible children would receive this preventive ...