None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to address the lack of high level evidence to support the use of silver fluoride application as an accepted community treatment intervention for deciduous dental caries. Hypotheses: That silver fluoride and atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) are equally effectively in successfully managing untreated cavitated dental caries in the primary dentition. That silver fluoride has an additional benefit of reducing future development of new dental caries relative to ART. Aim: 1. To evaluate the effectiveness of silver fluoride applications in minimizing negative sequelae of dental caries in young children compared with ART. 2. To evaluate the preventive effect on the development of new carious lesions of silver fluoride compared with ART.
Interventions
Application of silver fluoride on tooth surfaces affected by dental decay.
Silver fluoride (40% AgF and stannous fluoride 10%) in liquid form.
A small amount of silver fluoride is painted onto tooth surfaces with a small brush.
Applications are performed once every 8 months, ie, at the baseline , 8 months and 16 months.
Maximum three applications per child during the study period.
The follow-up examination is at 24 months.
Sponsors
University of Adelaide
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
4 Years to 8 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Age 4 to 8 years. Having at least one deciduous tooth with decay.
Exclusion criteria
Severe general health condition; Suspected allergy to components of the intervention
Outcome results
None listed