10% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Glass ionomer restoration and tooth-brushing: Remineralisation of early enamel caries
- Population
- Children with early enamel caries in erupting permanent first molars
- Intervention
- 10% silver diamine fluoride (SDF)
- Comparison
- Glass ionomer restoration and tooth-brushing
- Outcome
- Remineralisation of early enamel caries
One pilot study found 10% silver diamine fluoride worked about as well as glass ionomer restoration and tooth-brushing for remineralising early enamel caries; ungraded.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
10% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Glass ionomer restoration and tooth-brushing Remineralisation of early enamel caries · Children with early enamel caries in erupting permanent first molars · Children in clinical dental settings One pilot study found 10% silver diamine fluoride worked about as well as glass ionomer restoration and tooth-brushing for remineralising early enamel caries; ungraded. Caries remineralisation and arresting effect in children by professionally applied fluoride treatment - a… (2016) All outcomes | A pilot study found 10% silver diamine fluoride therapy, glass ionomer restoration, and tooth-brushing had a similar effect in remineralising early enamel caries. | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caries remineralisation and arresting effect in children by professionally applied fluoride treatment - a systematic review. 2016 All outcomes | Publications from 1948 to 2014 (search date not reported) | 17 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
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.
- Effect of silver diammine fluoride on incipient caries lesions in erupting permanent first molars: a pilot study. · 2009 · included by 1 of these 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.