339 - Application of Diamine Silver Fluoride in a 2-Year-Old Patient

Application of Diamine Silver Fluoride in a 2-Year-Old Patient

Ramirez Correa A¹, Yáñez Fernández MF², Hernández Rivas MI², Quiroz Leyva CD².

1 Resident of the Specialty in Pediatric Dentistry at the Los Altos University Center of the University of Guadalajara. 2 Professor of the Specialty in Pediatric Dentistry at the Los Altos University Center of the University of Guadalajara, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, Mexico.

Summary

Introduction: Dental caries disease remains a serious problem worldwide that affects people of all ages, and preventive methods will be the best way to deal with carious lesions, and cariostatics such as silver diamine fluoride may be an viable alternative to control the lesions caused by dental caries.

Clinical case: A 2-year-old male patient arrived at the pediatric dentistry specialty clinic for the reason that “his front teeth are stained” due to his age and his behavior is a px designated Frankl 4, so it was decided to use FDP at 38% to modeling their behavior and stopping the progression of carious lesions as the patient grows and some restorative treatment can be performed.

During each appointment that the FDP has been applied to 38%, the progression of caries lesions has been stopped.

Conclusion: Despite the aesthetic drawback that this material has due to the pigmentation it generates on the tooth surface, FDP is an excellent alternative that we can use in these types of patients to stop the progression of caries lesions, with very good results.

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