ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
Effect of 38% silver diamine fluoride on control of dental caries in primary dentition: A Systematic review.
Review in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping Systematic Reviews on the Management of Dental Caries in Primary Teeth: A Meta-research.Current pediatric reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Topical silver diamine fluoride (SDF) for preventing and managing dental caries in children and adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) Efficacy in Arresting Cavitated Caries Lesions in Primary Molars: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of nanosilver fluoride and silver diamine fluoride in arresting early childhood caries: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Silver diamine fluoride for non-operative restorative treatment and prevention of dental caries.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2026Review
- Functional Coating Effects of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) on Artificial Caries Lesions: A Microhardness-Based Evaluation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Effect of minimal intervention on carious lesions in primary teeth. An Umbrella review.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2025Review
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- Survival of Silver Diamine Fluoride Varnish Treated Teeth among Children with Single/Multiple Applications: A Split-mouth Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024Article
- Influence of silver fluoride plus potassium iodine on adhesive properties of primary carious dentin-resin interface: An in vitro study.The Saudi dental journal · 2024Article
- The use of silver diamine fluoride in a children's hospital: Critical analysis and action protocol.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2022Review
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- The Effect of Loading Time on Color Stability of Various Restorative Materials Bonded to Silver Diamine Fluoride-Treated Demineralized Dentin.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2022Article
- Laboratory evaluation of the potential masking of color changes produced by silver diamine fluoride in primary molars.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Quantitative Analysis and Effect of SDF, APF, NaF on Demineralized Human Primary Enamel Using SEM, XRD, and FTIR.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been extensively researched and proven effective for caries prevention and arrest in children. Limited studies support its effectiveness in primary dentition at 38%. This systematic review examines the effectiveness of 38% silver diamine fluoride on control of dental caries in primary dentition. Multiple search engines and databases were searched in accordance with predefined inclusion-exclusion criteria. Quality assessment was done using Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine worksheets. Scientific works of literature were searched in October 2019 for articles. Four studies were identified that addressed the effectiveness of 38% SDF on deciduous dentition in children. All the four studies selected were controlled clinical trials. The cumulative results of the studies showed that 38% SDF application is efficacious and safe for the control of dental caries in primary teeth. Its advantages over different other techniques or placebo have been demonstrated. Based on this systematic review, 38% SDF is one of the best treatment approaches in control of dental caries in primary dentition.
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