Three projects have recently been awarded funding by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme which all seek to evaluate preventive or restorative interventions for children. This is fantastic news and the findings will have great importance for all those treating children. The projects are listed below with the relevant links for interested viewers to read more about individual studies.
 

• Seal or Varnish? A randomised trial to determine the relative cost and effectiveness of pit and fissure sealants and fluoride varnish in preventing dental decay.
  
  
• FiCTION - Filling Children's Teeth: Indicated or Not?
   

• Found out more about the FiCTION trial.....
  

• A randomised control trial to measure the effects and costs of a dental caries prevention regime for young children attending primary care dental services.
  (Northern Ireland Caries Prevention In Practice Trial - NIC-PIP trial)