Question 104 · LDEK · Prevention
Indicate the false statement concerning caries prevention:
- A. use of the toothpaste with arginine and calcium but without fluoride ensures the same anticaries efficacy like of the toothpaste with 1100 ppm of fluoride.
- B. toothpastes which contain calcium sodium phosphosilicates and fluoride are recommended in the prevention of both: caries and hypersensitivity of dentine in children at the age of over 12 years.
- C. in long-term use of chlorhexidine it comes to the risk of opportunistic infections and a bacterial resistance to its activity.
- D. longer and systematic usage of xylitol creates the growth of xylitol resistant bacterial strains of Streptococcus mutans, which cannot transport the chemical to their cells.
- E. creams with CPP-ACFP complex are contraindicated in people with milk allergy, benzoate allergy and in children under the age of 6 years.
Hint
Look for the statement claiming that a fluoride-free product fully matches fluoride toothpaste, the cornerstone of home caries prevention.
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