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Conservative management of proximal decay

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: K026- Dental caries on smooth surface
Registration Number
CTRI/2022/02/040153
Lead Sponsor
ESIC Dental College
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy, co-operative dental patients aged 3-8 years

2. Clinically presenting asymptomatic proximal cavitated carious lesion involving dentin in primary molar without pulp exposure (ICDAS II 4 & 5).

3. Radiographically the radiolucency involving dentin

4. Radiographic evidence of intact lamina dura

5. Absence of calcification in the pulp canal as determined by radiograph;

6. Tooth restorable

7. No evidence of furcation/inter-radicular pathosis.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children with special health care needs or any medical conditions

2. Deep carious lesions with close proximity to the pulp

3. Signs of pulpal pathology such as history of spontaneous pain, tenderness to palpation or percussion, presence of abscess or fistula, presence of abnormal mobility

4. Radiographic evidence of internal root resorption or peri-apical pathosis

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
For NRCC: <br/ ><br>1. Caries arrested (lesion feels hard on gently probing the dentin) <br/ ><br>2. No clinical signs or symptoms of pulpal pathology <br/ ><br>3. Tooth exfoliated without any minor or major failure <br/ ><br>For SMART & Conventional: <br/ ><br>1. Restoration satisfactory (Intact tooth surface adjacent to restoration, stained margins consistent with non-carious lesions) <br/ ><br>2. No clinical signs or symptoms of pulpal pathology <br/ ><br>3. Tooth exfoliated without any minor or major failure <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Every three months for two years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
oneTimepoint: Not applicable
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