Do not use in patients with silver allergy, oral ulcerations or canker sores, advanced gum disease. These conditions can have painful reactions with the ammonia in SDF
The only common side effect is black staining around the area where SDF is applied. SDF can also stain surfaces that it comes into contact with when being applied, such as clothing or nearby tissues in the mouth.
The following are the indications to use e-SDF: - Non-symptomatic carious lesion (Arresting and preventing caries) - Carious lesions that cannot be treated in 1 visit - Root caries - Tooth sensitivity - Difficult to treat lesions - Patients with special health care needs, severe dental phobia, high-risk conditions, and immune-compromised patients - Patients without access to traditional dental care - Patients not indicated for general anesthesia or oral sedation
Use Gloves while Handling the Liquid. It will stain skin, clothes, countertops, floors, and instruments brown or black. Refer to the following for stain removal: For skin: Wash immediately with water, soap, ammonia, or iodine tincture, and then rinse thoroughly with water. Do not use excessive methods in an attempt to remove difficult stains from the skin as the stains will eventually fade. For Clothing/Countertops/Floors/Instruments: use the same procedures as with stained skin. Difficult stains may be treated with sodium hypochlorite.
- Store in the original packaging in a cool, dark place. - Replace cap immediately after use - Use as soon as dispensed
- 1drop/10kg per visit. - Re-apply at intervals of 3 to 6 months depending on the oral hygiene of the patient.
- 25-30 microns into the enamel - 200-300 microns into dentine - Upto 2mm into the deep lesion