Fluoride concentration and frequency of application

Interventions to restore teeth in young children with early childhood caries (ECC) are challenging because of the youth of the patient and the resulting lack of cooperation. Access to dental care can also be limited, resulting in a public health challenge when decayed primary teeth remain mostly untreated. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has shown the ability to arrest caries in preschool children and has been approved for this off-label use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The SDF agents now available come in various fluoride concentrations, specifically, 12%, 30%, and 38%, with the lower-concentration agents developed to avoid the possibility of fluorosis developing in these children.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: Hands On Source Type: research