SDF Effectiveness on Arresting Caries in Children

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-03-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Purpose: To assess the clinical effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) to control asymptomatic cavitated carious lesions compared to conventional glass ionomer restoration in preschool children.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Umm Al-Qura University
• Treatments: Fluorides

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy children without a history of serious systemic conditions necessitating chronic use of medications.

• Children whose dental examination reveals at least one untreated asymptomatic cavitated carious lesion (ICDAS index: code 3-5) affecting primary molars.

• Absence of former history of spontaneous pain from the offending tooth/teeth.

• Teeth with normal vital pulp response when assessed using sensibility test and absence of any signs of irreversible pulpitis or necrotic pulp degeneration.

• Absence of abnormal grade of tooth mobility, swelling, or tenderness on palpation or percussion.

• Absence of any evidence of peri-radicular pathosis, or internal- or external resorption on radiographic examination.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with proven allergy to silver compounds or any component of dental materials to be applied.

• Patients or guardians who refuse to participate in the study or had poor acceptance of SDF treatment.

• Patients with ulcerative gingivitis or stomatitis.