Effectiveness of Silver diamine fluoride and sodium fluoride varnish

This book contains an extensive review about silver diamine fluoride and sodium fluoride varnish. Dental caries is an infectious disease that has afflicted the human race since ancient times. It results from the interplay of principal factors: the host, microflora and the diet or substrate. When conditions within each of these factors are favorable, caries occurs with the demineralization of enamel, dentin or cementum initiated by acids produced by oral bacteria. Overtime, overt cavitation will occur unless demineralised area is remineralised. Globally, dental caries ranks among the most prevalent diseases of humans. Dental caries is a public health problem in most countries. The WHO global oral health data bank indicates improvements in most industrialized nations and deterioration for most developing countries.