Preventing the spread of tooth decay in preschool children by applying various fluoride varnishes
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K029- Dental caries, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037395
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Mounashree
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
•Children aged between 3-5 years from either gender.
•Dental Caries with active dentinal carious lesion in children.
•Parents giving consent for the study.
•At least 1 carious lesion as deï¬?ned by the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). Using ICDAS, lesions were categorized as active (soft) cavitated carious lesions in the primary dentition, extending into the dentin (ICDAS 5 or 6)
•Children who received fluoride topical application during last 48 hours.
•Children with special health care needs.
•Tooth with an abscess, symptoms of irreversible pulpitis, or a mobile tooth.
•Children who were on antibiotic therapy within past 3 months.
•Children with known sensitivity to silver or other heavy-metal ion were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decrease in caries activityTimepoint: 1week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Arrest of Caries lesionTimepoint: 1week