Silver diamine fluoride – A review

Silver diamine fluoride pdf

Silver diamine fluoride: a caries "silver-fluoride bullet".

The antimicrobial use of silver compounds pivots on the 100-year-old application of silver nitrate, silver foil, and silver sutures for the prevention and treatment of ocular, surgical, and dental infections. Ag(+) kills pathogenic organisms at concentrations of <50 ppm, and current/potential anti-infective applications include: acute burn coverings, catheter linings, water purification systems...

Silver microwires from treating tooth decay with silver diamine fluoride

1. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, QB3 Room 404, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA 2. Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, QB3 Room 404, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA 3. Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road MS 2-400, B...

Arresting Early Childhood Caries with Silver Diamine Fluoride-A Literature Review

Early childhood caries (ECC) has been regarded as one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in early childhood. Many studies show ECC was often neglected and most of the decay was left untreated [1]. Early treatment of ECC is important because untreated caries can lead to pain, sepsis and spreading infection, malnutrition due to the inability to eat, and poor general health. Children with seve...

Effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride in caries prevention and arrest: a systematic literature review.

This study aimed to evaluate the scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in preventing and arresting caries in the primary dentition and permanent first molars. A systematic review (SR) was performed by 2 independent reviewers using 3 electronic databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus). The database search employed the following key words: "topical ...