Jakubauskas Benas, Pagni Sarah, Ferreira Zandona Andrea G
Rollins Family Dental Center, Round Lake Beach, IL, United States.
Department of Public Health and Community Service, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Front Dent Med. 2025 Jan 14;5:1466962. doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2024.1466962. eCollection 2024.
This survey aimed to update Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) use/teaching in U.S. predoctoral dental education programs in comparison to a 2016 survey, considering the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey via email was sent to all accredited U.S. predoctoral dental education programs ( = 68) in January 2022. A total of 39 schools (57% response rate) responded to the survey, and all 39 of them reported that SDF was now part of their curriculum, significantly different ( < 0.001) from 2016 (68% of schools). Significant changes ( < 0.001) were reported in the survey responses from 2016 to 2022, particularly in how SDF was being taught (97% teaching didactically and clinically vs. 48% in 2016), but were not necessarily a response to the COVID pandemic. Schools report teaching more indications for the use of SDF and using more specific protocols with more schools teaching arresting caries in permanent teeth (97% vs. 78% in 2016). Since 2016, the use and teaching of SDF have been increasingly adopted across U.S. dental schools, though there remains room for improvement in terms of consistent implementation, specific clinical protocols, and comprehensive training.
本调查旨在与2016年的一项调查相比,更新美国牙科博士前教育项目中氟化亚锡(SDF)的使用/教学情况,并考虑到新冠疫情的影响。2022年1月,通过电子邮件向所有美国认可的牙科博士前教育项目(n = 68)发送了在线调查问卷。共有39所学校(回复率为57%)回复了调查,所有39所学校均报告称SDF现已成为其课程的一部分,这与2016年(68%的学校)有显著差异(p < 0.001)。2016年至2022年的调查回复报告了显著变化(p < 0.001),特别是在SDF的教学方式上(97%采用理论和临床教学,而2016年为48%),但这不一定是对新冠疫情的回应。学校报告称,他们教授SDF的使用指征更多,采用了更具体的方案,更多学校教授恒牙龋齿的控制(97%对2016年的78%)。自2016年以来,美国牙科学校越来越多地采用SDF的使用和教学方法,尽管在一致实施、具体临床方案和全面培训方面仍有改进空间。