Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers
Dental caries is the most common unmet dental need of children with special health-care needs (SHCNs), and their treatment is challenging in routine dental settings. Based on surplus evidence, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a simple, safe, cost-effective, and efficient topical solution for treatin...
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| description | Dental caries is the most common unmet dental need of children with special health-care needs (SHCNs), and their treatment is challenging in routine dental settings. Based on surplus evidence, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a simple, safe, cost-effective, and efficient topical solution for treating dental caries. It is a clear, colorless, odorless fluoride-containing solution, does not require an extensive armamentarium for its application, and can be used in any setting. However, even with worldwide acceptance, there occurs limited research regarding SDF use in children with special needs. This review aims to update the possibilities and acceptability of SDF usage in patients with special needs with dental caries as a promising option for managing dental caries and improving their quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7dc0db343d34527a1f3bd7d86f710a72025-01-23T08:58:52ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences2321-48482321-60852024-05-0112223724110.4103/amhs.amhs_293_23Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the BarriersSimran UppalAmina SultanAkanksha JunejaDental caries is the most common unmet dental need of children with special health-care needs (SHCNs), and their treatment is challenging in routine dental settings. Based on surplus evidence, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a simple, safe, cost-effective, and efficient topical solution for treating dental caries. It is a clear, colorless, odorless fluoride-containing solution, does not require an extensive armamentarium for its application, and can be used in any setting. However, even with worldwide acceptance, there occurs limited research regarding SDF use in children with special needs. This review aims to update the possibilities and acceptability of SDF usage in patients with special needs with dental caries as a promising option for managing dental caries and improving their quality of life.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_293_23caries controlchildrendental cariesearly childhood cariessilver diamine fluoridespecial health-care needs |
| spellingShingle | Simran Uppal Amina Sultan Akanksha Juneja Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences caries control children dental caries early childhood caries silver diamine fluoride special health-care needs |
| title | Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers |
| title_full | Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers |
| title_fullStr | Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers |
| title_short | Silver Diamine Fluoride Use in Children with Special Health-care Needs: Breaking the Barriers |
| title_sort | silver diamine fluoride use in children with special health care needs breaking the barriers |
| topic | caries control children dental caries early childhood caries silver diamine fluoride special health-care needs |
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