Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 2 Caries arrestment—12% SDF versus 38% SDF

From: Effectiveness of two concentrations 12% versus 38% of silver diamine fluoride in arresting cavitated dentin caries among children: a systematic review

%		12% SDF			38% SDF
Study ID		Yee et al. [16]	Fung et al. [17, 18]*		Yee et al. [16]	Fung et al. [17, 18]*
Application frequency		One at baseline for 2 min	At baseline and every 12 months	At baseline and every 6 months	One at baseline for 2 min	At baseline and every 12 months	At baseline and every 6 months
Follow-up examinations	6 months	2.3 (0.2)^†	337/1051 (32.1)^‡	346/1072 (32.3)^‡	4.2 (0.3)^†	471/1073 (43.9)^‡	449/1024 (43.8)^‡
	12 months	1.7 (0.3)^†	409/1007 (40.6)^‡	502/1046 (48.0)^‡	3.4 (0.3)^†	540/1041 (51.9)^‡	618/987 (62.6)^‡
	18 months		487/976 (49.9)^‡	566/1028 (55.1)^‡		649/1019 (63.7)^‡	701/953 (73.6)^‡
	24 months	1.5 (0.3)^†	504/937 (53.8)^‡	591/999 (59.2)^‡	2.1 (0.3)^†	620/971 (63.9)^‡	698/912 (76.5)^‡
	30 months		512/927 (55.2)^‡	578/987 (58.6)^‡		650/971 (66.9)^‡	685/905 (75.7)^‡
	30 months		2.59 (2.94)^†	2.85 (2.91)^†		3.20 (3.71)^†	3.49 (3.27)^†

*Fung et al.: Two publication reports with different follow-up [first 2016 (6, 12, and 18 months follow-up); second 2018 (24 and 30 months follow-up)]
Outcome measurement units: ^†mean (SD) numbers, ^‡caries arrest rate n/N (%)

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