Comparison of two methods for caries removal among 5-9 year old children.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/04/013080
- Lead Sponsor
- Jeswin Jacob
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Primary molar tooth with occlusally similar cavitated dentinal lesions on the same, opposite or contra-lateral side of the oral cavity.
Children whose parents give consent for the operative procedures.
No proximal caries as evidenced by bitewing radiographs.
Asymptomatic vital teeth, without clinical or radiographic evidence of pulpal involvement, furcation or periapical pathoses.
Exclusion Criteria
Children with disability.
Children on long term medications and on antibiotic treatment during the last 3 months.
Children having incipient carious lesion on enamel or extensive deep carious lesion in close proximity to pulp.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Presence of caries after cavity preparation <br/ ><br>Pain/ discomfort for the patient during the procedure <br/ ><br>Time taken to remove the carious tissue from the cavity (min)Timepoint: During cavity preparation and during caries removal with chemo-mechanical agent
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI