Download or read book Silver Diamine Fluoride for the Prevention and Arresting of Dental Caries Or Hypersensitivity written by Shirley S. T. Yeung and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to review the clinical and cost-effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride for the prevention and arrest of dental caries or hypersensitivity, as well as the guidelines for its use.

Download or read book Silver Diamine Fluoride written by Karthika D and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dental caries specifically ECC, remains a remarkable issue in certain parts of society, particularly those with low socioeconomic status and with scarce health care services. Techniques that promote less discomfort, such as the application of silver diamine fluoride, should be preferred and considered. Treatment of the disease is needed as children with an active caries lesion in their primary dentition can also present with caries lesions in their permanent dentition. By arresting and preventing the progression of caries, SDF offers an intervening care path for young children for whom traditional restorative treatment is not instantly available nor unacceptable by the children. This book on SDF highlights the properties of SDF and clinical recommendations on its use, safety for clinicians, the pros and cons of SDF solution in the clinical use of young children.

Download or read book Pediatric Restorative Dentistry written by Soraya Coelho Leal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and discusses the different restorative options for managing carious lesions in children with primary and mixed dentition. The aim is to provide practitioners with thorough, up-to-date information that will improve their clinical practice. The opening chapters present a comprehensive overview regarding diagnosis of carious lesions, risk assessment, child behavior and development, and behavioral management. The importance of oral health promotion and prevention in controlling lesion progression and maintaining oral health is reviewed. The impact of various factors on clinician decision making is then explained in detail, examples including the type of dentition (primary versus permanent), the clinical and radiographic aspect of the dentine carious lesion (noncavitated or cavitated), and whether the lesion is associated with a developmental defect. Guidance is provided on selection of nonoperative versus operative interventions, and the restorative materials most frequently used in pediatric dentistry are fully described, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. Readers will also find an informative series of cases, with explanation of the choices in terms of materials and approach.

Download or read book Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride and Sodium Fluoride Varnish in Arresting Dentine Caries written by Chun-Hung Chu and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride and Sodium Fluoride Varnish in Arresting Dentine Caries" by Chun-hung, Chu, 朱振雄, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled Effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride and sodium fluoride varnish in arresting dentine caries submitted by Chu Chun Hung for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in May 2004 Introduction: Caries prevalence in young children in China is high and most of the decayed teeth are left untreated. Conventional dental treatments are either not available or are unaffordable in many rural areas. Innovative approaches are needed to improve this situation. Aim: This prospective clinical trial investigated the effectiveness of topical fluoride applications in arresting dentine caries. The first null hypothesis to be tested was that there were no differences in the effectiveness of applying a 38% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) solution (44,800 ppm F), a 5% sodium fluoride (NaF) varnish (22,600 ppm F) and water in arresting dentine caries. The second null hypothesis was that caries removal prior to fluoride application had no impact on its effectiveness in arresting dentine caries. Methods: A total of 375 Chinese kindergarten children, aged 3-5 years with carious upper anterior teeth were divided into five groups. Children in the first and second groups received annual applications of SDF. NaF was applied every three months onto the lesions of children in the third and fourth groups. For children in the first and third groups, soft carious tissues were removed with hand instruments prior to fluoride application at the baseline examination. The fifth group of children received annual applications of water. Follow-up examinations were performed every six months. The children's parents completed a questionnaire to assess parental satisfaction with the appearance of the upper anterior teeth of their child before treatment and again at 24 months after treatment. Results: A total of 308 children were followed for 30 months. The respective mean numbers of arrested caries tooth surfaces in the five groups of children were 2.5, 2.8, 1.5, 1.5 and 1.3 (pDOI: 10.5353/th_b3016250 Subjects: Dental caries - Prevention Dental caries in children Fluorides - Therapeutic use Sodium fluoride - Therapeutic use

Download or read book Advanced Dental Biomaterials written by Zohaib Khurshid and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Dental Biomaterials is an invaluable reference for researchers and clinicians within the biomedical industry and academia. The book can be used by both an experienced researcher/clinician learning about other biomaterials or applications that may be applicable to their current research or as a guide for a new entrant into the field who needs to gain an understanding of the primary challenges, opportunities, most relevant biomaterials, and key applications in dentistry. - Provides a comprehensive review of the materials science, engineering principles and recent advances in dental biomaterials - Reviews the fundamentals of dental biomaterials and examines advanced materials' applications for tissues regeneration and clinical dentistry - Written by an international collaborative team of materials scientists, biomedical engineers, oral biologists and dental clinicians in order to provide a balanced perspective on the field

Download or read book Silver Fluoride and Caries Management written by Raman Bedi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Health Organization (WHO) have classified the dental caries epidemic as a global public health priority. A global action plan has been published, and by 2030, each country needs to reduce the dental caries burden and implement a universal health care strategy. Public and private oral health care expenditure has reached an estimated 387 billion US dollars, and its distribution is unequal, with most costs occurring in high-income settings. Dental caries is estimated to impact 3.5 billion people and is more significant than any other Non-communicable disease. The majority of dental cavities are untreated. In 2021, the WHO Essential Medicine Committee included, for the first time, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a critical medicine. SDF was listed as a caries arresting product. Silver fluoride product has recently been introduced to the dental market and initial evidence is that it is also as effective in arresting caries.

Download or read book Actions of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Dentine Caries and Its Caries Preventive Effect with Laser Irradiation written by Leticia Ito and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Actions of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Dentine Caries and Its Caries Preventive Effect With Laser Irradiation" by Leticia, Ito, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: The effect of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) on the mineral content of carious dentine and the preventive caries effect of erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Er: YAG) laser irradiation (2,940 nm) combined with SDF application under cariogenic biofilm challenge model was investigated. Firstly, the SDF mechanism of action in the remineralisation of demineralised dentine process observing changes in the mineral content in vitro was investigated. Secondly, we investigated the effect of various laser irradiations at sub-ablative energy levels on the fluoride uptake of 38% SDF treated dentine. Finally, we evaluated the effects of Er: YAG laser irradiation combined with SDF application on the fluoride uptake by dentine under a cariogenic biofilm challenge. Compared with a 10% sodium fluoride and potassium fluoride solution and a 42% silver nitrate solution with the same content of fluoride and silver respectively, 38% SDF is more effective in promoting remineralisation of demineralised dentine. The dentine samples treated with SDF did not show evident demineralised surface morphology. Although the lesion depth for SDF treated samples was not significantly deeper than for sodium fluoride treated samples, it was demonstrated that SDF has an inhibitory effect on dentine demineralization. The results of the SDF-laser experiment showed that carbon dioxide (CO2) laser irradiation (10,600 nm) followed by Er: YAG laser irradiation at specific sublablative levels promoted the higher fluoride uptake from SDF application than neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet(Nd: YAG) laser (1,064 nm) and diode laser (810 nm) irradiation. This study provides guidelines for the selection of the appropriate laser irradiation parameters and types to promote an optimal level of fluoride uptake for dentine caries prevention. Er: YAG laser irradiation was elected among the laser types in the previous experiment for promoting higher levels of fluoride uptake and for its maximal absorption by water and high absorption by hydroxyapatite. The Er: YAG SDF-laser treated dentine was subjected cariogenic bacterial challenge to investigate the caries preventive effect of this treatment. The morphological surface of the treated samples presented many occluded dentinal tubules. There was a major increase in the hardness and elastic moduli values and the fluoride content also increased significantly after the remineralisation process. To conclude, this study demonstrated that SDF application inhibited dentine demineralization and arrested caries, and that SDF application followed by Er: YAG laser irradiation promoted an increase in fluoride uptake by sound dentine under a cariogenic biofilm challenge. Subjects: Fluorides - Therapeutic use Dental caries - Prevention

Download or read book Materials Science for Dentistry written by B W Darvell and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approx.688 pagesApprox.688 pages

Download or read book Evidence Based Caries Prevention written by Ece Eden and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to define the etiological factors in dental caries and to guide the clinician towards methods of caries prevention that are evidence based. The coverage includes discussion of the active role of the biofilm and the oral environment and emphasizes the multifactorial etiology of dental caries. The opening chapters describe the early detection and diagnosis of dental caries, highlight the value of caries risk assessment to the patient, and explain the dynamic process of the demineralization–remineralization cycle. Information is presented on the action of fluoride, and the evidence relating to the use and effectiveness of remineralization agents and biomimetic materials is reviewed. Additionally, the effects of antimicrobials such as chlorhexidine and ozone are summarized. Further chapters focus on dietary counseling (with information on sweeteners and probiotics), the effectiveness of sealants in caries prevention, and resin infiltration. The philosophy of prophylaxis and ways to improve patient compliance and achieve proper mechanical plaque removal are discussed. The book is concluded with a chapter discussing preventive actions in representative cases.

Download or read book The Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride when Used to Arrest Caries in Children and Associated Oral Health related Quality of Life written by Rena Sihra and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: To investigate the efficacy of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) with 5% fluoride varnish (FV) in treating cavitated caries in young children and to explore the association between SDF treatment and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Methods: Children with active dentinal caries lesions (ICDAS 5 or 6) in primary teeth underwent treatment with 38% SDF and 5% FV at baseline and 4 months later. Treated lesions were assessed 4 and 8 months after baseline to determine arrest. Participants were deemed Completely Successful (CS) if all treated lesions were arrested and Incompletely Successful (IS) if at least one lesion was not arrested. The early childhood oral health impact scale (ECOHIS) questionnaire was completed at second and third visits. Statistical analyses included descriptive and bivariate methods. A P value ≤ 0.05 was significant. Results: Forty children with 239 caries lesions were enrolled; mean age 40.2 +/- 14.9 months and 45% male. Lesion arrest rates after one and two applications of SDF were 74.1% and 96.2%, respectively. Children who reportedly brushed twice daily were more likely to be in the CS group compared to those who brushed less (p=0.006). Participants in the CS group had a significantly lower mean baseline dmft score than those in the IS group (p= 0.048). No significant difference in OHRQoL was observed between CS and IS groups. Conclusions: SDF with 5% FV is an effective approach to the management of ECC; more than one application is recommended along with regular follow-up of patients and twice daily brushing. OHRQoL was not found to be affected by the level of success of SDF treatment.

Download or read book Early Childhood Oral Health written by Joel H. Berg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dental caries has been called a “silent epidemic” and is the most prevalent chronic disease affecting children. Though much has been written on the science and practice of managing this disease, publications are diverse in their loci, preventing easy access to the reader. Early Childhood Oral Health coalesces all the important information related to this topic in a comprehensive reference for students, academics, and practitioners. This second edition expands the scope of the first and puts an additional focus on interprofessional and global efforts that are necessary to manage the growing disease crisis and screening and risk assessment efforts that have expanded with the boom of new technologies. With updated references and incorporating the latest research, chapters address the biology and epidemiology of caries, the clinical management of early childhood caries, risk assessment, and early diagnosis. Other topics include public health approaches to managing caries worldwide, implementation of new caries prevention programs, fluoride regimens, and community programs, and family oral health education. Brand new are four chapters on the medical management of early childhood caries, considerations for children with special needs, interprofessional education and practice, and how the newest policy issues and the Affordable Care Act affect dental care. A must-read for pediatric dentists, cariologists, public health dentists, and students in these fields, Early Childhood Oral Health is also relevant for pediatricians and pediatric nursing specialists worldwide.

Download or read book The Millennium Development Goals for Health written by Adam Wagstaff and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Provides information on progress and trends, including poornonpoor disparities; health systems reform as a means of laying building blocks for the efficient and equitable delivery of effective interventions; the financing of health spending through domestic resources and aid; and improving the effectiveness of development assistance in health. Linking the health Millennium Development Goals? agenda with the broader poverty-reduction agenda, this book is a valuable resource for policymakers in developing countries and development practitioners working in the health, nutrition, and population sector as well as students and scholars of public health.

Download or read book Root Caries From Prevalence to Therapy written by M. Rocha de Olivera Carrilho and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case reports and clinical trials conducted in various countries show, more and more frequently, a positive correlation between the presence of original teeth and prevalence of root caries in older age. Because this is a global trend, it is likely that the predicted increase in the worldwide elderly population may soon cause a significant increase in the number of people requiring effective means of preventing and treating root surface caries. In response to this development, a team of outstanding contributors has reviewed the most important aspects of root caries. This new volume presents their findings along with discussions of how to deal with this health issue that progressively affects the oral health balance. The chapters in this book are divided in four core parts: Epidemiology, Biological Determinants, Lesion Assessment and Features and Preventive and Operative Therapies. The collection of state-of-the-art articles provides a broad overview and will serve as a reference for clinicians as well as scientists and, hopefully, will encourage new research.

Download or read book Effects of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Oral Bacteriome and Mycobiome written by Mayura Manerkar and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a simple and non-invasive agent to arrest caries in children. The purpose of this study is to investigate changes to the oral bacteriome and mycobiome in young children treated with SDF Methods: Plaque samples were collected from 45 children with early childhood caries (ECC). Frequency regimens of SDF were two applications 4 months apart (4M), two applications 6 months apart (6M), and two applications 1 month apart (1M). DNA was extracted and sent to Genome Quebec Innovation Center for library preparation and paired-end Illumina MiSeq PE300 sequencing of the V4 region of bacterial 16S rRNA and fungal ITS1 rRNA genes. Sequencing data was analyzed using QIIME2 2018.11. Results: A total of 195 carious lesions in 44 children were treated at baseline and followed over two subsequent study visits. The overall arrest rates were 77.69% at Visit 2 and 93.61% at Visit 3 respectively. Arrest rates were higher for all lesions after two applications of SDF. The alpha diversity and beta diversity analysis showed no significant differences in the supragingival bacteriome and mycobiome for all three regimens. Taxonomic assignment showed that Streptococcus, Corynebacterium and Actinomyces were the most abundant genera for Bacteria and Candida, Blumeria, and Malassezia were the most abundant genera for Fungi. Streptococcus mutans and Veillonella dispar both showed a decrease in relative abundance, but these changes were a trend and not found to be statistically significant. Candida albicans was highly abundant in all groups regardless of number of visits or regimens. The differential abundance analysis showed significant changes in both bacterial and fungal species, particularly Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobacterium spp. and Candida spp. Our study found a vast diversity of fungal species and differential abundance analysis suggested that SDF treatment may have an effect on the abundance of specific fungi. Conclusion: SDF was an effective modality for arresting dental caries with higher arrest rates for all lesions after two applications of SDF. Further studies with a larger sample size are needed to confirm whether the presence or absence of various bacterial and fungal species are the result of SDF application at various frequencies.

Download or read book The Dental Reference Manual written by Geraldine M. Weinstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to meet the needs of both dental students and dentists by providing succinct and quickly retrievable answers to common dental questions. Students will find both that it clearly presents the particulars which should be familiar to every dentist and that it enables them to see the big picture and contextualize information introduced to them in the future. Practicing dentists, on the other hand, will employ the book as a daily reference to source information on important topics, materials, techniques, and conditions. The book is neither discipline nor specialty specific. The first part is wide ranging and covers the essentials of dental practice while the second part addresses individual specialties and the third is devoted to emergency dental treatment. Whether as a handy resource in the student s backpack or as a readily available tool on the office desk, this reference manual fills an important gap in the dental literature.

Download or read book Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride Solution in Arresting Early Childhood Caries written by Ho-Tak Marcus Fung and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride Solution in Arresting Early Childhood Caries" by Ho-tak, Marcus, Fung, 馮浩德, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most prevalent oral disease of children worldwide. Epidemiological studies reported that most of the ECC are left untreated. While young children may not be co-operative enough for conventional restorative treatments, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) can be topically applied on tooth surfaces as a cariostatic agent. Previous clinical trials have confirmed that annual application of 38% SDF is effective in arresting dentin caries in preschool children. However, information about the effectiveness of SDF with different combinations of concentration and frequency is still lacking. This information is important for the optimal application of SDF in the future public health programs for caries control. This prospective randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate and compare the effectiveness of 12% and 38% SDF when applied annually or biannually in arresting dentin caries of primary teeth of preschool children for 30 months. The two null hypotheses tested were firstly, there is no difference in effectiveness when SDF is applied at 12% or 38% in arresting dentin caries of preschool children; and secondly, there is no difference in effectiveness when SDF is applied annually or biannually in arresting dentin caries of preschool children. A total of 888 healthy and cooperative K1 children aged 3-4 years with at least one dentin caries surface were recruited and randomized into four treatment groups: Group 1 received annual applications of 12% SDF, Group 2 received biannual applications of 12% SDF, Group 3 received annual applications of 38% SDF, and Group 4 received biannual applications of 38% SDF. Group 3 was assigned as the positive control group. Primary outcome was soft dentin caries surface at baseline that became arrested at the follow-up examinations. Clinical examinations were conducted at the kindergartens every 6 months by the same trained examiner. Parental questionnaires were used to collect the children's demographic information, oral hygiene related habits, parental satisfaction with children's dental appearance and dental health at baseline, 18- and 30-month examinations. Adverse effects after treatments including increment of non-vital teeth, complaint about tooth or gingival discomfort, gingival discoloration, and black staining over arrested surfaces were also recorded. A total of 798 children with 3,268 caries surfaces were examined at 30-month follow-up. The dropout rates of the four groups were similar. The respective proportions of arrested surfaces in Group 1 to Group 4 were 48.7%, 54.0%, 60.6%, and 66.9%, respectively (p To conclude, SDF is more effective in arresting dentin caries in primary teeth of preschool children at 38% than 12%, and when applied biannually than annually. Clinical significant improvement in effectiveness can be achieved by increasing its concentration. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5435643 Subjects: Denta

Download or read book Dental Composite Materials for Direct Restorations written by Vesna Miletic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers both basic scientific and clinically relevant aspects of dental composite materials with a view to meeting the needs of researchers and practitioners. Following an introduction on their development, the composition of contemporary composites is analyzed. A chapter on polymerization explains the setting reactions and light sources available for light-cured composites. The quality of monomer-to-polymer conversion is a key factor for material properties. Polymerization shrinkage along with the associated stress remains among the most challenging issues regarding composite restorations. A new classification of dental composites is proposed to offer more clinically relevant ways of differentiating between commercially available materials. A review of specific types of composites provides an insight into their key issues. The potential biological issues of dental composites are reviewed in chapters on elution of leachable substances and cariogenicity of resin monomers. Clinical sections focus on material placement, finishing procedures, and the esthetics and clinical longevity of composite restorations. Bonding to tooth tissues is addressed in a separate chapter, as is the efficiency of various composite repair methods. The final chapter discusses future perspectives on dental composite materials.