A review of the evidence for topical silver diamine fluoride was published in the Cochrane Library in November 2024.

There is a high volume of recent and ongoing research in this topic area, and we working on an update of the review to incorporate all the new evidence.

You can find a plain language summary of the review here. 

A full version of the review is available on the Cochrane Library:

Worthington HV, Lewis SR, Glenny A-M, Huang SS, Innes NPT, O'Malley L, Riley P, Walsh T, Wong MC, Clarkson JE, Veitz-Keenan A. Topical silver diamine fluoride (SDF) for preventing and managing dental caries in children and adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD012718. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012718.pub2