Efficacy of silver diamine fluoride as an antibacterial as well as antiplaque agent compared to fluoride varnish and acidulated phosphate fluoride gel: An in vivo study | Zendy

Shalin Shah | Zendy; Vijay Bhaskar | Zendy; Karthik Venkataraghavan | Zendy; Prashant Choudhary | Zendy; M Ganesh | Zendy; Krishna Trivedi | Zendy

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Efficacy of silver diamine fluoride as an antibacterial as well as antiplaque agent compared to fluoride varnish and acidulated phosphate fluoride gel: An in vivo study

Author(s) -

Shalin Shah,

Vijay Bhaskar,

Karthik Venkataraghavan,

Prashant Choudhary,

M Ganesh,

Krishna Trivedi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

indian journal of dental research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1998-3603

pISSN - 0970-9290

DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.123374

Subject(s) - fluoride , streptococcus mutans , varnish , fluoride varnish , dentistry , saliva , in vivo , medicine , enamel paint , dental plaque , chemistry , bacteria , inorganic chemistry , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , biology , coating

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is already proven as an antibacterial agent in vitro. Present study was formulated to compare the efficacy of SDF as an antibacterial as well as antiplaque agent in vivo with fluoride varnish and acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) gel.

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