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To assess discoloration of carious primary teeth after application of silver diamine fluoride versus sodium fluoride varnish.


Clinical Trial Description

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's (AAPD) guidelines (2017) stated that Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a brush-on liquid that arrest 87.7% of dental caries lesions. The success rate is similar for restorations placed under GA. One of the most exciting aspects of SDF is the 67±4% decrease in new lesions on untreated surfaces, achieved simply by treating active lesions .This is not the same as incidence of any new lesions (elaborated above for treatment under GA), however the relation warrants further investigation.

Benefit to the patient

- No pain and infection.

- Enhance child cooperation.

- Enhance better patient compliance.

- Decrease cost of dental treatment and may eliminate the need for General Anesthesia.

Benefit to the dentist

- Develop an effective fast easy method to arrest the caries by using SDF.

- Ease of dental treatment.

- Better cooperation with the child.

- The procedure is simple.

- Inexpensive and non-invasive.

- It does not require expensive equipment or support infrastructure, such as pipe water or electricity.

Benefit to the population

- Reduce the harmful impact of oral health problems in preschool children from low income families.

- SDF can be considered a user-friendly material for use in dental clinics as well as remote areas, schools or deprived communities.

Children aged 2-5 years can benefit from the use of SDF, an easy anticaries treatment. Furthermore, children in this age group may benefit from delayed dental treatment and overall caries arrest, thus reducing potential pain and infection, expensive future emergency room visits, the need for general anesthesia or traumatic dental experiences on uncooperative children. ;


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NCT number NCT03557996
Study type Interventional
Source Cairo University
Contact Yousra M Abdel Rehim, MSc
Phone 01273335144
Email yousra.mohamed@dentistry.cu.edu.eg
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date December 1, 2018
Completion date June 1, 2020

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