30% SDF solution (once weekly for 3 weeks) vs Fluoride varnish
Arrest of advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface · Preschool children with advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface (primary teeth)
30% SDF solution (once weekly for 3 weeks) probably did not differ from 5% NaF varnish (once weekly for 3 weeks) for arrest or reversal of cavitated coronal carious lesions (RR 0.97, 95% CI 0.8 to 1.18; moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
- Nonrestorative Treatments for Caries: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes30 mo · Dental practice (professionally applied or prescribed nonrestorative caries treatments; parallel and split-mouth RCTs)RR 0.97 [0.8, 1.18]1 study · 309 participantsModerate
- Nonrestorative Treatments for Caries: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes18 mo · Dental practice (professionally applied or prescribed nonrestorative caries treatments; parallel and split-mouth RCTs)RR 1.3 [1.07, 1.57]1 study · 309 participantsHigh
- Nonrestorative Treatments for Caries: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes12 mo · Dental practice (professionally applied or prescribed nonrestorative caries treatments; parallel and split-mouth RCTs)RR 2.08 [1.59, 2.71]1 study · 309 participantsHigh