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Table 2 Comparisons of survival rates of teeth treated with SDF applications alone versus SDF application with same day restoration among advantage dental patients 64 and under

From: Survival of silver diamine fluoride among patients treated in community dental clinics: a naturalistic study

 

SDF Survival %

SDF + Sedative Filling Survival %

SDF + Restoration Survival %

Overall

76%

50%

84%

# of SDF applications within 1 year

 1

75%

49%

84%

 2

77%

56%

–

 3+

75%

33%

–

Caries risk

 Low

81%

50%

–

 Moderate

76%

51%

82%

 High

75%

42%

79%

 No assessment

75%

59%

94%

Age

 1–5

69%

53%

–

 6–9

77%

57%

61%

 10–14

84%

53%

83%

 15–20

82%

29%

100%

 21–30

76%

23%

92%

 31–40

77%

31%

100%

 41–50

72%

33%

50%

 51–64

68%

44%

92%

Primary versus permanent

 Primary tooth

74%

56%

74%

 Permanent tooth

78%

40%

88%

Tooth type—primary teeth

 Lower incisor

74%

–

–

 Lower cuspid

86%

–

–

 Lower molar

71%

51%

73%

 Upper incisor

77%

–

–

 Upper cuspid

83%

–

–

 Upper molar

75%

60%

67%

Tooth type—permanent teeth

 Lower incisor

70%

–

–

 Lower cuspid

69%

–

–

 Lower bicuspid

82%

29%

100%

 Lower molar

80%

39%

81%

 Upper incisor

50%

–

–

 Upper cuspid

69%

–

–

 Upper bicuspid

75%

–

100%

 Upper molar

82%

47%

88%

  1. Cells are empy if sample size is less than 10. Failure is defined as a restoration or extraction after application. Sedative fillings are not considered to be failures if they occur within 70 days of initial application. Survival is defined as a patient that returned 180 or more days after application and had no restoration or extraction. Equality of Survivor Tests for Overall Rate Between SDF Applications: Wilcoxon Test, 79 (2 df), p < 0.000; Log-Rank Test, 91.5 (2 df), p < 0.000)