Diammine silver fluoride have been applied for effective prevention and arrest of dental caries in noncooperative infants and children. But it produceol unpleasant smelling and bad taste. The purpose of this study was to mask its smelling and taste by the sweet tooth paste.
The materials were diammine silver fluoride (38% Ag(NH3)2F solution) and Chanariena dental paste 100 for child®. The method was brushing up the teeth by the tooth paste, so the child's mouth smelled sweet, and following the diammine silver fluoride was applied.
The children who had the dental caries lesions in deciduous teeth were divided into experimental and control group. All subjects of the experimental group have received topical application of 38 per cent diammine silver fluoride after brushing with the tooth paste, while subject of the control group received topical application without the dental paste.
It was decided on an index of discomfort to four grade assessment. As compared the two groups, it was improved effectively. Therefore, by this method it was found that it could applied easily and effectively to the infants and children.
