Supervised Toothbrushing and Silver Diamine Fluoride Application of Rohingya Children in a Refugee Camp in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and aims

Previous studies have highlighted the high burden of oral diseases in refugee camps, but there are few robustly evaluated school-based oral health programmes in these settings. The objective of this study was to pilot a school-based toothbrushing, handwashing, and silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. It hosts the world's largest number of refugees with over 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar.

Methods

A prospective cohort study that consisted of a multipronged oral health intervention: supervised daily toothbrushing, handwashing, and SDF application of active caries in the primary and permanent dentition. Clinical examination of the children and child and parental questionnaires were completed at baseline and the 6-mont

SUBMITTER: Zaheer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12345283 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature