Parental Acceptance and Perception of Silver Diamine FlouridApplication Among A Sample of Egyptian Children.

Parental Acceptance and Perception of Silver Diamine Flouride Application Among A Sample of Egyptian Children

Dental caries can be prevented or arrested . Moreover, preventive measures for dental caries are more cost effective than emergency room visits or restorative treatments when the illness has been established . One of the recent preventive methods of dental caries is silver diamine flouride . SDF has been used as an alternative treatment for caries prevention and arrest . Several studies showed that silver diamine flouride cause staining of the treated teeth . However, parents have different attitudes toward using SDF considering its positives and negatives.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Early Childhood Caries
• Intervention / Treatment: Combination product: Silver Diamine Flouride

Detailed Description

Dental caries is one of the most common diseases in the world, with a prevalence of 69%-79% . Early childhood caries (ECC) has been recognized by the American Dental Association as an important public health issue and was defined as presence of 1 or more decayed, missing, or filled tooth surfaces (dmfs) in any primary tooth in a preschool-aged child . Caries was known to be managed through two main approaches: Treatment, which includes drill and fill which is a challenge specially in minimally cooperative children and the second approach is prevention which depends on cease the process of caries formation at an early stage which is more effective . One of the recently marketed preventive measures of dental caries is silver diamine fluoride (SDF) .

In 2014, SDF was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for dentinal sensitivity .It was proven to be a cost-effective, minimally invasive, and handy treatment . Silver diamine flouride is easy to apply in a minimally cooperative individual . More important, it has shown a noticeable success rate in caries prevention, especially in early childhood caries cases . It provides families with an alternative solutions for managing dental caries, particularly if caries was detected at an early stage . Moreover, it could save time and effort for both families and dental teams.

The major downside of SDF is the unesthetic permanent black discoloration of the arrested lesion , which could affect parental acceptance for the treatment and may result in shifting to another esthetically acceptable treatment.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 320

Contacts and Locations

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year to 6 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Parents whose children have early childhood caries seeking for dental treatment coming to the outpatient diagnostic clinics in the department of pediatric dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• parents whose children with early childhood caries. Accepting participations.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of participation.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
1; Asking parents if they can accept staining from treat their children by silver Diamine Flouride or Not	Combination product: Silver Diamine Flouride; Material used to arrest caries in children

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Parental Satisfication about treat their children with silver Diamine flouride	Using Likert scale ranging from Strong Accept ,Accept ,Neutral, Refuse, Strong Refuse.	Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 27, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 2, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): January 6, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 6, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 2, 2020
• Last Verified: December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Parental acceptance of SDF

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No