Published Paper Details:

The most common chronic disease in children throughout the world is dental caries. It is a challenge for the clinician to excavate caries and restore teeth in un-cooperative children therefore a new management technique of untreated dental caries has been proposed using Silver Diamine Fluoride(SDF). Various In-Vitro studies by Knight et al. from 2005 to 2009 proved it has caries arresting effect and antimicrobial action. Chu et al. have recommended using three applications of 38% SDF weekly to arrest rampant caries. Due to its ease of use, cost effectiveness and minimal invasiveness it is one of the best alternative choice of caries control when the routine approaches are not available. Clinical evidence has proven that continued application 1-2 times per year has arrested caries, but if treatment is stopped for 2-3 years what will happen is still a question mark and research needs to be carried out further in this direction.