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SILVER DIAMINE FLUORIDE
UCSF Protocol for Caries Arrest Using Silver Diamine Fluoride : Rationale , Indications and Consent
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The UCSF paradigm shift committee subcommittee on silver caries arrest included Sean Mong , DDS , EdD ; Spomenka Djordjevic , DDS , MS ; Paul Atkinson , DDS , PhD ; George Taylor , DMD , MPH , DrPh ; Natalie Heaivilin , DDS ; Ling Zhan , DDS , PhD ; John Featherstone , PhD ; Hellene Ellenikiotis , DDS ; and Jeremy Horst , DDS , PhD . Thanks to Linda Milgrom for designing the PubMed search . Thanks to Chad Zillich , DDS , for help with the literature review . Thanks to study authors , particularly Edward Lo , BDS , MDS , PhD ; Chun Hung Chu , BDS , MDS , PhD ; and Geoff Knight , BDSc , MSc , MBA , for helpful discussions .
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The corresponding author , Jeremy A . Horst , DDS , PhD , can be reached at jeremy . horst @ ucsf . edu .
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