38% SDF (one-time application) vs Information unavailable: New coronal carious lesions or fillings on permanent (first) molars (caries prevention)
- Population
- Children with dental caries in permanent (first) molars
- Intervention
- 38% SDF (one-time application)
- Comparison
- Information unavailable
- Outcome
- New coronal carious lesions or fillings on permanent (first) molars (caries prevention)
One-time 38% SDF gave a 57% prevented fraction for caries in children's permanent first molars (single study; ungraded).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
38% SDF (one-time application) vs Information unavailable New coronal carious lesions or fillings on permanent (first) molars (caries prevention) · Children with dental caries in permanent (first) molars · 12 months, School-based (children), Mauro 2004 (permanent first molars, one-time SDF; Argentina) One-time 38% SDF gave a 57% prevented fraction for caries in children's permanent first molars (single study; ungraded). A systematic review on the effect of silver diamine fluoride for management of dental caries in permanent… (2023) All outcomes | Prevented Fraction 57 | 1 study · 141 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A systematic review on the effect of silver diamine fluoride for management of dental caries in permanent teeth. 2023 All outcomes | December 2022 | 13 | Low / Critically Low |
Related questions
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- 38% SDF (one-time application) vs inactive control · Children with dental caries in permanent (first) molars · 1 review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.