The staining effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride used for caries prevention on sound enamel and enamel caries like lesions: An in-vitro study

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1 National Research centre 33 Bohouth Street Dokki Giza

2 Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University

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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the staining effect of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) used as a topical agent for caries prevention on both sound and demineralized enamel.
Materials and Methods: Thirty enamel specimens were randomly assigned to three groups. Group I received SDF on sound enamel, Group II received SDF on enamel caries like lesions and Group III received no treatment as the control group. PH cycling model was performed for 7 days . Color assessment was performed for all specimens before treatment and post-treatment after pH cycling.
Results: There was a significant difference in color change values between different groups (p=0.04). Group II of SDF on demineralized enamel have a significantly higher mean value            ( 15.71±7.43)  of color change than the control group (9.39±4.05) ( (p=0.03). Group I of SDF on sound enamel showed higher mean value (12.14 ±3.4) than the control group but with no statistically significant difference (p=0.4).
Conclusion: SDF caused significant dark staining on enamel caries like lesion, while its staining potential on sound enamel was evident to a lesser extent when topically applied as a caries preventive agent.

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