Topical Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Dental Caries in Primary Teeth Fahmi Mohammed Qays Mahmood1,*, Abbas Maha Jamal1, Almallah Lubna Abdulelah Abdulrahman2 1Department of Orthodontic, Pedodontic and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Mustansiyriah University, Iraq 2Department of Orthodontic, Pedodontic And Preventive Dentistry, Dentistry Department, Dijlah University, Iraq *Corresponding author: Mohammed Qays Mahmood Fahmi, E-mail: mohammedkaisdrm75@.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq
Online published on 4 June, 2019. 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. Top Keywords SDF, Dental Caries, Children. Top |