scholarly journals Silver Diamine Fluoride in Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

2019 ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Aisha Ibrahim ◽  
Sham Bhat ◽  
Vidya Bhat ◽  
Sundeep Hegde

Dental caries, following a brief decline in the 20th century, has become rampant again in recent times. This has led to decline in overall health and a poor quality of life. To overcome this, researchers have introduced the medical model for management of the dental caries which views it as a disease rather than a lesion. This concept relies on the use of medicaments rather than on surgical treatment alone. Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) is one such medicament which has greatly revolutionized the management of this vicious disease especially in children. This review briefly outlines the history, mechanism of action, its indications, contraindications and application of SDF. Key words: caries, prevention, silver, fluoride


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Sharath Kumar Shetty ◽  
Roginth Vigneshwaran A ◽  
Mahesh Kumar Y ◽  
Vijayananda Madhur

A combination of orthopaedic and orthodontic tooth movements are required for expansion of palate to correct maxillary transverse discrepancy. Expansion of the palate can be achieved by three different treatment methods mainly Rapid maxillary expansion, slow maxillary expansion and surgically assisted maxillary expansion. Among the different methods rapid maxillary expansion brings about significant changes in the dental transverse measurements (Agarwal A, Mathur R International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry 2010). This article aims to review the various appliances used for maxillary expansion.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Arturo Garrocho-Rangel ◽  
Juan Carlos Flores-Arriaga ◽  
Marc Saadia ◽  
Amaury Pozos-Guillén

A case report is a useful type of publication to describe information on unusual clinical diseases or syndromes, new management techniques, potential risk factors/oral disease associations, and uncommon side effects or responses to traditional dental treatments. In the practice of Dentistry and Medicine, the publication of case reports has the purpose of sharing new clinical experiences and knowledge with interested colleagues. Case reports in the field of Evidence-Based Pediatric Dentistry convey unique contributions to the clinical practice and help improve the process of clinical decision making in the form of a brief written communication. Additionally, case reports are potential resources of new hypotheses for more complex methodological designs in clinical research studies and are one of the best ways to get started in scholarly writing. The purposes of the present report were to comment on the role, relevance, and main limitations of case reports in Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, to describe the reasons for writing a case report and some recommendations for critically reviewing a published case report, and finally, to provide the fundamentals of preparing a case report, and finally, to provide the fundamentals of preparing a case report manuscript in a structured manner.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-54
Author(s):  
Abhishek Soni ◽  
Sanchit Paul ◽  
Priyanka Sachdeva

The current pandemic of COVID-19 warrants a repeal from conventional dentistry to an aerosol free, minimally invasive yet maximally effective clinical approach. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is an established modality for caries arrest in children fulfilling all the above. This extensive 25 case series highlights various clinical situations in which SDF was successfully used in children between 1-12 years of age with asymptomatic carious lesions of ICDAS score 2 or more in primary and permanent teeth. Primary outcome measure was caries arrest in the form of the hard and shiny lesion with no/minimal sensitivity. The secondary outcome measure was the zombie effect which was the residual staining on other tooth surfaces and indications of substantivity. SDF can be effectively and efficaciously used across different behaviour patterns and age groups of children in a various clinical scenario for both primary and permanent teeth routinely experienced in a paediatric dental office especially during these pandemic times with minimal aerosol generation.


Author(s):  
Sivakumar Nuvvula ◽  
Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni

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