Caries prevention using silver diamine fluoride

Caries Prevention using SDF

  • Patients whose cavities are treated with SDF get approximately 77% fewer new cavities compared to placebo or no treatment control groups.
  • SDF-treated caries lesions act as reservoirs for silver and fluoride, decreasing caries activity throughout the mouth.
  • SDF has twice the fluoride concentration as fluoride varnish, and therefore 8 times higher fluoride absorption potential (diffusion coefficient).

 

       

 

teethJ Horst Keeper, DDS, PhD

Patient with severe early childhood caries, who was treated with SDF and never developed new decay.

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