Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs placebo: Oral health-related quality of life
- Population
- Children with dental caries
- Intervention
- Silver diamine fluoride (SDF)
- Comparison
- placebo
- Outcome
- Oral health-related quality of life
SDF did not significantly differ from placebo for oral health-related quality of life in children (MD 0.03, 95% CI -0.16 to 0.22; ungraded).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Placebo Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL; C-ECOHIS) · Children with dental caries (ages ~2-13 years in the pooled trials) · Post-treatment, Pediatric dental care; trials conducted in China, the USA, and Brazil SDF did not significantly differ from placebo for oral health-related quality of life in children (MD 0.03, 95% CI -0.16 to 0.22; ungraded). Silver diamine fluoride and oral health-related quality of life: A review and network meta-analysis. (2022) All outcomes | MD 0.03 [-0.16, 0.22] | 2 studies · 440 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver diamine fluoride and oral health-related quality of life: A review and network meta-analysis. 2022 All outcomes | 30 July 2021 | 10 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
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Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Association between dental conditions, sliver diamine fluoride application, parental satisfaction, and oral health-related quality of life… · 2021 · included by 1 of these review
- Effects of restoring SDF-treated and untreated dentine caries lesions on parental satisfaction and oral health related quality of life of… · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
How reviews are matched to this question
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