Dana Cernigliaro1, Anjali Kumar1, Mary E Northridge1, Yinxiang Wu2, Andrea B Troxel2, Joana Cunha-Cruz3,4, Jay Balzer5, David M Okuji6. 1. NYU Langone Dental Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 2. Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health, New York, NY, USA. 3. Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 4. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 5. Dental Public Health, NYU Langone Dental Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 6. Extramural and Special Projects, NYU Langone Dental Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain caregiver satisfaction with silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application(s) as an intermediate care path for their children with caries. METHODS: Caregivers were recruited at two community health centers when they arrived for a previously scheduled operating room/sedation appointment for their children with caries who had previously been treated with SDF. They were asked to complete a survey regarding their satisfaction with SDF treatment while they waited during their children's dental treatment. RESULTS: Caregivers overwhelmingly reported that they were satisfied with SDF treatment (81.3%), and that the black mark was not an issue for their children (91.7%) or themselves (87.5%). Moreover, their perception of their children's oral health quality of life was high. CONCLUSIONS: By arresting caries, SDF offers an intermediate care path for pediatric patients for whom OR/sedation treatment was not immediately available. Moreover, most caregivers were satisfied with SDF treatment for their children.
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain caregiver satisfaction with silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application(s) as an intermediate care path for their children with caries. METHODS: Caregivers were recruited at two community health centers when they arrived for a previously scheduled operating room/sedation appointment for their children with caries who had previously been treated with SDF. They were asked to complete a survey regarding their satisfaction with SDF treatment while they waited during their children's dental treatment. RESULTS: Caregivers overwhelmingly reported that they were satisfied with SDF treatment (81.3%), and that the black mark was not an issue for their children (91.7%) or themselves (87.5%). Moreover, their perception of their children's oral health quality of life was high. CONCLUSIONS: By arresting caries, SDF offers an intermediate care path for pediatric patients for whom OR/sedation treatment was not immediately available. Moreover, most caregivers were satisfied with SDF treatment for their children.