193 - Parents and/or Guardians’ Satisfaction Towards The Use of Silver Diamine Fluoride As An Alternative Treatment Approach To Carious Lesions After Application.

Purpose: The goal of this study is to determine the satisfaction of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) after use. Parents and guardians have been provided informed consent documents, educated on the uses of SDF, its benefits, and its side effects before treatment was rendered.

Methods: After receiving the SDF treatment 82 parents/guardians will be given a 24-question survey. This study is a non-randomized convenience sample. Significance level will be set at P < .05 for all comparisons. Descriptive statistics will be calculated to describe the sample in terms of demographics and patient characteristics, as well as SDF treatment characteristics. Reliability of the SDF satisfaction measure will be tested using Cronbach’s alpha.

Results: To be determined. This study hopes to gain insight on the parent’s/guardian’s perceived use of SDF, and if they would select this treatment again for their child if the option was given. 

Conclusions: To be determined. If the results from the survey show that the parents are satisfied with the use of SDF, then dentists can be more confident about offering this service when discussing all the treatment options for their patients.