Smile! Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) can make it easy

Abstract

Introduction Dental caries remains the most common childhood disease, despite studies around the world showing a decline in the incidence and prevalence among 5and 12-year-olds. Globally, the prevalence of dental caries ranges from 49% to 83% across different countries. In India, a comprehensive National Health Survey (2004) reported caries prevalence is 51.9% in children at 5 -years of age and 53.8% in 12 years aged children.2 Based on the report submitted by the Global Burden of Disease, Dental Caries is still an unresolved oral health problem, having more than two billion people enduring the repercussions of this very much preventable condition worldwide.3 Untreated caries in children adversely impacts the dental health-associated quality of life, leading to pain, abscess, and systemic complications like fever and lymphadenopathy.4