38% silver diamine fluoride vs Active dentine caries at baseline (single-arm before vs after proportion)
Arrest of dentine caries · Children with dentine caries in primary and permanent teeth
Professionally applied 38% silver diamine fluoride arrested about two-thirds of active dentine caries surfaces in children (pooled proportion 65.9%, 95% CI 41.2% to 90.7%; 5 studies); certainty was not GRADE-rated and heterogeneity was very high (I2=96%).
1 finding from 1 review
- Caries remineralisation and arresting effect in children by professionally applied fluoride treatment - a systematic… 2016 All outcomesChildren in clinical dental settingsProportion 0.659 [0.412, 0.907]5 studiesGRADE not reported