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dc.contributor.authorMorgan-Trimmer, S
dc.contributor.authorChadwick, BL
dc.contributor.authorHutchings, S
dc.contributor.authorScoble, C
dc.contributor.authorLisles, C
dc.contributor.authorDrew, CJ
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, S
dc.contributor.authorPickles, T
dc.contributor.authorHood, K
dc.contributor.authorChestnutt, IG
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-18T13:33:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-17
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To assess the acceptability of fluoride varnish and fissure sealant treatments for children. To investigate the acceptability of delivering this treatment in a school setting for children, parents, clinicians and school staff. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews (with children, parents, clinicians and school staff) and a questionnaire (for school staff) as part of a two-arm, randomised clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS: Children aged 6-9, their parents, clinical staff and school staff. INTERVENTIONS: Fluoride varnish or fissure sealant was delivered to children from the ages of 6 to 9 years for 36 months, by a community dental service in a school setting. Fluoride varnish was re-applied every 6 months; fissure sealant was applied once to first permanent molars and re-applied as required. RESULTS: Interviews with children a few days after treatment indicated little difference in preference; acceptability at this point was driven by factors such as finding it fun to visit 'the van' (i.e. mobile dental unit) and receiving a "sticker" rather than specific treatment received. Interviews with parents, clinicians and school staff indicated high acceptability of delivering this type of intervention in a school setting; this may have been partly due to the service being delivered by a well-established, child-oriented community dental service which delivered the clinical trial. CONCLUSIONS: Preventive fluoride varnish and fissure sealant treatments in a school setting has high overall acceptability.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute for Health Researchen_GB
dc.identifier.citationPublished online 17 January 2019 en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1922/CDH_4263Morgan-Trimmer06
dc.identifier.grantnumber08/104/04en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/35975
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherDennis Barberen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30667189en_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder indefinite embargo due to publisher policy. 
dc.rightsCopyright© 2019 Dennis Barber Ltd.en_GB
dc.subjectPreventive treatmenten_GB
dc.subjectchildrenen_GB
dc.subjectdental cariesen_GB
dc.subjectfissure sealantsen_GB
dc.subjectfluoride varnishen_GB
dc.subjecthealth inequalityen_GB
dc.subjectqualitative studyen_GB
dc.subjectschool based preventionen_GB
dc.titleThe acceptability of fluoride varnish and fissure sealant treatments in children aged 6-9 delivered in a school setting.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2019-02-18T13:33:38Z
dc.identifier.issn0265-539X
exeter.place-of-publicationEnglanden_GB
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Dennis Barber via the DOI in this record. en_GB
dc.identifier.journalCommunity Dental Healthen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-06-17
rioxxterms.versionAMen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-01-17
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2019-02-18T13:28:23Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.panelAen_GB


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