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- Title
Topical Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Dental Caries in Primary Teeth.
- Authors
Mahmood Fahmi, Mohammed Qays; Abbas, Maha Jamal; Abdulrahman Almallah, Lubna Abdulelah
- Abstract
Dental caries a common childhood disease that destroy dental hard cellular tissue due to bacterial acidic products. Topical application of SDF provide caries protective activity and short term application need to be evaluated. Forty primary school children were subjected to 38% SDF treatment. They were divided into two groups, 19 children randomly treated with placebo (liquid A), and 19 treated with (liquid B) SDF. Children have at least one active caries lesion with exposed dentin (level 3) and healthy medical history. One drop was applied for each lesion and left for 2min. After three weeks of follow-up, 26.3% of decayed teeth in the SDF group showed hard arrested dentine and the placebo group showed 2.6% of dental caries arrest (p < 0.001). After six months, follow up showed that SDF group had 31.5% of the arrested cavities and the control group had 2.6 % (p < 0.001). The preventive fraction showed that SDF decreased dental caries from 26.3% to 31.5%, respectively, when compared to the control placebo group that shows no change in caries arrest activities. SDF short-term treatments, may decrease the need for emergent dental treatment for untreated early Childhood Caries.
- Subjects
DENTAL caries; DECIDUOUS teeth; SCHOOL children; JUVENILE diseases; THERAPEUTICS; SILVER
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 5, p1285
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2019.01173.2