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Fluorosis risk from early exposure to fluoride toothpaste

A K Mascarenhas1, B A Burt

  • 1Section of Health Services Research, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. mascarenhas.1@osu.edu

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
|October 3, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Using fluoride toothpaste before age six increases the risk of dental fluorosis. Early brushing, especially before age two, significantly worsened fluorosis severity in children in Goa, India.

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Area of Science:

  • Dental Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Toxicology

Background:

  • Swallowing fluoride toothpaste in early childhood is a suspected risk factor for dental fluorosis.
  • Previous studies are limited by multiple fluoride exposure sources in developed countries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess fluorosis risk from fluoride toothpaste in a population with limited fluoride sources.
  • To investigate the association between early-life fluoride toothpaste use and fluorosis.

Main Methods:

  • Case-control study in Goa, India, involving 1189 schoolchildren (mean age 12.2 years).
  • Data collected via clinical dental examination and parental questionnaires.
  • Assessed fluoride toothpaste use before age 6 and fluorosis prevalence/severity (TF index).

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Main Results:

  • Fluorosis prevalence was 12.9%.
  • Fluoride toothpaste use before age 6 was a significant risk indicator (OR 1.83).
  • Brushing before age 2 correlated with increased fluorosis severity (P<0.001).

Conclusions:

  • Fluoride toothpaste use before age 6 is a risk indicator for dental fluorosis.
  • Early initiation of brushing with fluoride toothpaste may increase fluorosis severity.