ArticleAustralian dental journal2022
Cost-effectiveness analysis of silver diamine fluoride to divert dental general anaesthesia compared to standard care.
Article in Australian dental journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- The role of silver diamine fluoride as dental caries preventive and arresting agent: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment Decisions for Early Childhood Caries in Infants and Toddlers: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Silver Diamine Fluoride in Oral Health Policy: A Strategic Pathway to Improve Access and Equity.Journal of public health dentistry · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practice of paediatric dentists towards silver diammine fluoride in Egypt: a national survey.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Article
- Economic Evaluations of Preventive and Minimally Invasive Children's Dental Caries Procedures: A Scoping Review.Caries research · 2026Article
- Tailored Synthesis and Profiling of Capped Silver and Selenium Nanoparticles for Topical Applications in Paediatric Dentistry.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Comparison of aesthetic perception and acceptability of silver diamine fluoride staining between Spanish and Italian parents.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Training received, knowledge, and use of Silver Diamine Fluoride among Italian dentists: a nationwide survey.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Practices, and Attitudes Towards Silver Diamine Fluoride Therapy Among Dentists and Students in Southeastern Spain.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride Depends on Caries Activity: A Decision Analytic Model.Caries research · 2025Article
- Insights and networks: methodological assessment and scientometric analysis of economic evaluations in dentistry.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- Expanding School-based Oral Health Programs in the Carolinas: Challenges and Opportunities.North Carolina medical journal · 2024Article
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- Prioritizing population oral health through public policy in Australia: the Victorian experience.Health promotion international · 2023Article
- Amelioration Strategies for Silver Diamine Fluoride: Moving from Black to White.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Parental Concern and Acceptance of Silver Diamine Fluoride Treatment in Preschool Children: A Cross Sectional Study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim is to perform a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of a silver diamine fluoride (SDF) protocol intervention to divert dental general anaesthesia (DGA) among Victorian children aged 2-10 years.
methodsData inputs were based on an Australian single-cohort 2017/18 study. Intervention costs for standard care were derived from two subgroups of children: (1) children who received standard care without DGA, and (2) children who received standard care with DGA. Two scenarios were modelled due to limited post-follow-up data: (1) children receiving SDF had standard care without DGA (base-case scenario), and (2) children receiving SDF did not receive standard care without DGA (alternative scenario). A simple decision-tree model with probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) estimated the incremental costs per diverted DGA.
resultsThe probability of children requiring specialist referral and offered SDF, but the primary carer opted for DGA is 0.124 (SD 0.034), and the probability of children requiring DGA in standard care is 0.346 (SD 0.036). For both the base-case and alternative scenario, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio outcome is dominant and their cost-effectiveness being either 74.8% or 100% respectively.
conclusionsThe SDF protocol intervention is cost-effective dental caries management option for young children where referral for DGA is considered. © 2022 Australian Dental Association.
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