Parental acceptance of silver Diamine fluoride application on primary dentition: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This systematic review of the literature was carried out to assess parental acceptance for silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application and esthetic outcome on their children primary dentition and evaluate factors that might influence their acceptance. Our research protocol included a search strategy,...

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Published in:BMC oral health 2020-08, Vol.20 (1), p.227-227, Article 227
Main Authors: Sabbagh, Heba, Othman, Mashael, Khogeer, Layla, Al-Harbi, Haifa, Al Harthi, Amjad, Abdulgader Yaseen Abdulgader, Asmaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Bias
Caregivers
Cariostatic Agents
Child
Children
Clinical trials
Cooperation
Dental Caries
Dental esthetics
Dentistry
Dentists
Dentition
Esthetics, Dental
Fluoride treatment
Fluoride treatments
Fluorides
Fluorides, Topical
Humans
Literature reviews
Meta-analysis
Parental acceptance
Parental perception
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Primary dentition
Quality control
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Search engines
Search strategies
Silver
Silver Compounds
Silver diamine fluoride
Statistical analysis
Systematic review
Teeth
Tooth, Deciduous
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Summary:This systematic review of the literature was carried out to assess parental acceptance for silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application and esthetic outcome on their children primary dentition and evaluate factors that might influence their acceptance. Our research protocol included a search strategy, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and a data extraction plan. The search engines we used were PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct. Reviewers independently reviewed, determined and carried out quality assessment for included studies using CONSORT (for clinical-trials), and STROBE (for Observational studies). In addition, evidence and recommendation's strength was conducted using Shekelle et al. system. Subsequently, a meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between parental acceptance for SDF treatment and teeth type, location and child's cooperation. Eight studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There were statistically significant differences between parental acceptance for SDF usage on posterior teeth compared to anterior teeth (P 
ISSN:1472-6831
1472-6831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-020-01195-3