Enhanced Tooth Structure Via Silver Microwires Following Treatment with 38 Percent Silver Diamine Fluoride.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry guidelines recommend treatment of primary teeth with 38 percent silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a noninvasive option to arrest active dental caries lesions. A significant outcome of SDF treatment are lesions that clinically harden and become more resistant to further decay. Many practicing dentists believe that this increased hardening is due to the reaction of silver and fluoride with carious dentin. The purpose of this study was to focus on the structural and chemical effects of silver diamine fluoride treatment on the native tooth. Methods: In SDF-treated cavitated dentin lesions in teeth subsequently extracted for orthodontic reasons, the authors observed continuous, filamentous silver densities formed in sit

SUBMITTER: Seto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295027 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature