Mohammed Intan Elliayana, Shariff Nursharhani, Mohd Hanim Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Yusof Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera, Md Sabri Budi Aslinie, Md Bohari Nor Faezah, Venkiteswaran Annapurny
Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh 47000, Selangor, Malaysia.
Ministry of Health, Putrajaya 62590, Malaysia.
Children (Basel). 2022 Dec 9;9(12):1936. doi: 10.3390/children9121936.
Apart from the major drawback of black staining once lesion is arrested, few studies have indicated that dental personnel's perception and attitude towards silver diamine fluoride (SDF) influences its usage. This report aims to provide a systematic review presenting dental personnel's knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions, (KAPs) regarding SDF. A search of multiple electronic literature databases and a manual search were performed. The review was reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 statement. A comprehensive search yielded 719 publications and 14 cross-sectional studies matching the inclusion criteria. Awareness of SDF among respondents ranged from 29.6% to 87.8%, whereas awareness of its use in dentistry ranged from 14.4% to 94.5%. Regarding attitude towards SDF, the mean score ranged from 3.39 to 14.35. An increase in knowledge of and attitude towards SDF is significantly associated with the usage of SDF and may increase the usage of SDF. This review provides vital information on dental personnel's KAPs regarding SDF. It is anticipated that the adaptation of SDF usage will be more widespread in the future, especially among children. Findings from the review may assist intervention programs to change misperceptions and to enhance awareness regarding SDF among dental personnel.
除了病变停止后会出现黑色染色这一主要缺点外，很少有研究表明牙科人员对氟化亚银（SDF）的认知和态度会影响其使用情况。本报告旨在对牙科人员关于SDF的知识、态度和认知（KAPs）进行系统综述。我们检索了多个电子文献数据库并进行了人工检索。本综述按照《系统综述和Meta分析的首选报告项目2020声明》进行报告。全面检索共得到719篇出版物和14项符合纳入标准的横断面研究。受访者对SDF的知晓率在29.6%至87.8%之间，而对其在牙科中使用的知晓率在14.4%至94.5%之间。关于对SDF的态度，平均得分在3.39至14.35之间。牙科人员对SDF的知识和态度的提高与SDF的使用显著相关，可能会增加SDF的使用。本综述提供了关于牙科人员对SDF的KAPs的重要信息。预计未来SDF的使用将更加广泛，尤其是在儿童中。综述结果可能有助于干预计划改变误解，并提高牙科人员对SDF的认识。
