Table 5.
Main themes found in the silver diamine fluoride publications between 1969 and 2021.
| SR. | Themes | TP | TC | C/P | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-2010 | 2011-2015 | 2016-2021 | |||||
| 1. | Silver diamine fluoride | 145 | 1785 | 12.31 | 5 | 23 | 117 |
| 2. | Dental caries | 74 | 1447 | 19.55 | 7 | 12 | 55 |
| 3. | Caries | 38 | 831 | 21.87 | 1 | 5 | 32 |
| 4. | Fluoride | 36 | 976 | 27.11 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 5. | Children | 19 | 492 | 25.89 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 6. | Silver fluoride | 18 | 368 | 20.44 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | Dentine | 17 | 466 | 27.41 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 8. | Fluorides | 17 | 558 | 32.82 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 9. | Potassium iodide | 16 | 297 | 18.56 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10. | Primary teeth | 16 | 253 | 15.81 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 11. | Silver diamine fluoride | 16 | 123 | 7.69 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 12. | Caries arrest | 15 | 320 | 21.33 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 13. | Remineralization | 15 | 168 | 11.20 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 14. | Early childhood caries | 14 | 130 | 9.29 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 15. | Prevention | 14 | 323 | 23.07 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 16. | Silver | 14 | 432 | 30.86 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 17. | Streptococcus mutans | 14 | 193 | 13.79 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 18. | Sodium fluoride | 13 | 178 | 13.69 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 19. | Demineralization | 12 | 147 | 12.25 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 20. | Dentin | 12 | 165 | 13.75 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 21. | Glass ionomer cement | 12 | 268 | 22.33 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 22. | Preventive dentistry | 12 | 587 | 48.92 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 23. | Oral health | 11 | 143 | 13.00 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 24. | Pediatric dentistry | 10 | 170 | 17.00 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 25. | Root caries | 10 | 171 | 17.10 | 0 | 2 | 8 |