Topical Fluoride

Question 1

What is the concentration of duraphat varnish

Answer 1

50mg/ml

22,600ppm sodium fluoride

Question 2

Recommended dose of duraphat for deciduous teeth

Answer 2

Up to 0.25ml

Question 3

Recommended duraphat dose for mixed dentition

Answer 3

Up to 0.40 ml

Question 4

Permanent dentition dose of duraphat

Answer 4

Up to 0.75ml

Question 5

What pre-clinical checks need to be done

Answer 5

Check correct patient

Check medical history

Question 6

When would you not apply

Answer 6

Avoid use on pregnant and lactating women
Do not use if ulcerative gingivitis
Do not use to teeth of children who have been hospitalised due to allergies or asthma as theoretical risk of sensitivity to carrier colophony

Question 7

Side affects?

Answer 7

Taste
Yellow colour
Cannot eat hard foods for 4 hours
Cannot eat/drink for 30 minutes after

Question 8

How much fluoride is in 1ml of duraphat

Answer 8

22.4mg

Question 9

What is the estimated fatal toxic dose of fluoride

Answer 9

5mg per kg of body weight

Question 10

Estimated acute toxic dose

Answer 10

1mg of fluoride per kg of body weight

Question 11

What needs to be included in notes

Answer 11

Consent 
Drug type
Dosage 
Application sites 
POIG 
Batch number 
Expire date