Matrix Metalloproteinases Inhibitory Effects of Silver Diamine Fluoride: Influence of Time and Potassium Iodide, In Vitro.
Silver diamine fluoride strongly inhibited collagen-degrading enzymes in decayed dentine after one week, but adding potassium iodide reduced this inhibitory effect. Both treatments similarly hardened early enamel lesions.
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