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DentistryDental Materials ScienceDental MaterialsMechanical Properties Of Dental MaterialsSurface Properties Of Dental MaterialsCaries In Permanent DentitionDentin CariesFluoride Effects On EnamelFluoride UseSilver Diamine Fluoride MaterialsCaries-infected DentinFluoride Action On DentinPenetration Depth DependencePeritubular Dentin HardnessSilver Diamine Fluoride EfficacySilver Diamine Fluoride Ion ReleaseSilver Diamine Fluoride PenetrationSilver Diamine Fluoride Solubility
Applying a dental curing light during silver diamine fluoride treatment of carious lesions induces more silver ion precipitation in infected dentin, increases its hardness, and, perhaps because more silver stays in the infected dentin, less SDF penetrates into sound dentin.