Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth
Background: Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been identified as a noninvasive way to stop dental caries from becoming worse, particularly in baby teeth. Materials and Methods: A hundred kids between the ages of 3 and 6 who have at least one carious lesion in their primary teeth participated in a ra...
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| author | Nishita Garg Sayani Roy Abhay Kumar Jain Tapan Kumar Mandal M S Girish Parul Priya |
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| description | Background:
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been identified as a noninvasive way to stop dental caries from becoming worse, particularly in baby teeth.
Materials and Methods:
A hundred kids between the ages of 3 and 6 who have at least one carious lesion in their primary teeth participated in a randomized controlled experiment. One of the two groups—the experimental group (n = 50), which got a 38% SDF therapy, or the control group (n = 50), which received a placebo—was randomly allocated to the subjects. Over the course of a year, the carious lesions received biannual applications of the SDF. The main result was the stoppage of caries, ascertained by monitoring the change of an active lesion to an inactive one using standardized digital radiographs and clinical evaluations.
Results:
Only 35% of the carious lesions in the control group showed evidence of arrest after a year, compared to 87% of lesions in the experimental group (P < 0.001). It was shown that there would be one carious lesion arrested for every 2.5 patients with SDF if the number required to treat (NNT) was 2.5. During the research, no notable side effects were noted.
Conclusion:
The remarkable efficacy of SDF in halting dental caries in primary teeth highlights its significance in the treatment of young dental patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f44cad5254654cd194dce9d31995c13e2025-01-13T10:07:58ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0976-48790975-74062024-12-0116Suppl 4S3589S359110.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1023_24Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary TeethNishita GargSayani RoyAbhay Kumar JainTapan Kumar MandalM S GirishParul PriyaBackground: Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been identified as a noninvasive way to stop dental caries from becoming worse, particularly in baby teeth. Materials and Methods: A hundred kids between the ages of 3 and 6 who have at least one carious lesion in their primary teeth participated in a randomized controlled experiment. One of the two groups—the experimental group (n = 50), which got a 38% SDF therapy, or the control group (n = 50), which received a placebo—was randomly allocated to the subjects. Over the course of a year, the carious lesions received biannual applications of the SDF. The main result was the stoppage of caries, ascertained by monitoring the change of an active lesion to an inactive one using standardized digital radiographs and clinical evaluations. Results: Only 35% of the carious lesions in the control group showed evidence of arrest after a year, compared to 87% of lesions in the experimental group (P < 0.001). It was shown that there would be one carious lesion arrested for every 2.5 patients with SDF if the number required to treat (NNT) was 2.5. During the research, no notable side effects were noted. Conclusion: The remarkable efficacy of SDF in halting dental caries in primary teeth highlights its significance in the treatment of young dental patients.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1023_24caries arrestdental caries treatmentnoninvasive therapypediatric dentistryprimary teethsilver diamine fluoride |
| spellingShingle | Nishita Garg Sayani Roy Abhay Kumar Jain Tapan Kumar Mandal M S Girish Parul Priya Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences caries arrest dental caries treatment noninvasive therapy pediatric dentistry primary teeth silver diamine fluoride |
| title | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Primary Teeth |
| title_sort | evaluation of the effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride in arresting caries in primary teeth |
| topic | caries arrest dental caries treatment noninvasive therapy pediatric dentistry primary teeth silver diamine fluoride |
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