Children treated with Silver diamine fluoride had a longer time to first sedation or GA
Restorative treatment with sedation or general anesthesia (GA) is often the traditional strategy for managing severe early childhood caries (S-ECC). These methods of advanced behavior management are costly and invasive
Researchers have found in a retrospective cohort study that silver diamine fluoride (SDF) could be used effectively in managing and arrest caries in paediatrics and hence can delay the need of dental rehabilitation under General Anaesthesia. Further Children treated with SDF had a longer time to procedural sedation or exposure to GA.
The study entitled “Silver diamine fluoride–associated delays in procedural sedation in young children” has been published in JADA, The Journal of the American Dental Association.
They quantified the time from first diagnosis to first sedation encounter for children from birth through age 71 months.
The differences were compared between those treated with or without SDF.
The study results could be summarised as follows:
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