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. 2019 Nov 20;2019(11):CD012155. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012155.pub2

3.2. Analysis.

Comparison 3 Dietary advice for infants and young children versus standard care, Outcome 2 Child oral health behaviours.

Child oral health behaviours
Study Behaviour change assocaited with intervention Assessment time period Benefit in favour of intervention Benefit in favour of control
Lapinleimu 1995 "The dental health of the intervention children and control children showed no differences. Only 24% of the intervention children and 39% of the control children brushed their teeth without parental assistance (p < 0.05). Flouridated toothpaste and fluoride tablets were used daily by by 62% and 52% of the children, respectively, and no differences were found between the intervention and control children in this respect" (Karjlainen 1997, p.182). Three‐year follow‐up, children 3 years of age No No