Antibacterial effects of silver diamine fluoride with and without potassium iodide against Streptococcus mutans

• Main Authors: Carlos Alonso Alvarez-Marín (Author), Norma Leticia Robles-Bermeo (Author), Wael Hegazy Hassan Moustafa (Author), Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a topical treatment for carious lesions and a primary preventative for newly exposed high-risk surfaces such as fissures and roots in the first molars. Using potassium iodide (KI) after applying SDF has been recommended as a way of reducing the severity...