Table 1.

Participating Pediatric Dentists’ Responses About Their Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) Knowledge, by Percentage of Respondents to Each Item

Item	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Mean, SD
How much do you disagree/agree with the following statements?
SDF can be used to arrest non-cavitated lesions	17.6% 49	40.7% 113	24.1% 67	10.4% 29	7.2% 20	3.51, 1.12
SDF can be used to arrest cavitated lesions.	16.6% 46	33.8% 94	24.1% 67	15.1% 42	10.4% 29	3.31, 1.22
If SDF is used to arrest cavitated lesions, it is then not necessary to place a restoration to prevent future caries activity.	5.4% 15	20.1% 56	22.7% 63	32.4% 90	19.4% 54	2.60, 1.17
SDF should be used prior to all restorations in patients.	5% 14	15.8% 44	32% 89	34.5% 96	12.6% 35	3.34, 1.05
SDF should be used prior to placing all restorations in at risk patients.	6.8% 19	37.8% 105	28.4% 79	18% 50	9% 25	2.85, 1.08
Knowledge level average (out of 5)	3.12

Note: The numbers in this table were rounded.