Dental sealant quality, chair time, and patients' preference of three isolation techniques

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Isolation techniques for dental treatment; Oral Health

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10452417
• Lead Sponsor: King Saud University

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34070253/ (added 15/06/2021) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35543302/ fissure sealant retention results (added 10/10/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2021-02-23
• Study Start: 2021-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 24 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

1. Normal healthy patient with ASA 1 according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification
2. Children aged 6 - 15 years, willing to participate in the study
3. Legal guardian accepts the participation of the child in the study
4. Participant must require 4 pits and fissure sealants on all first or second permanent molars with an International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) score of 0 - 2, and 5) Arabic or English speaker children

Exclusion Criteria

1. Special Needs children
2. Conditions requiring emergency dental treatment (abscess, draining sinus, cellulitis)
3. Partially erupted permanent first or second molars
4. Enamel/Dentin anomalies
5. Uncooperative children, Frankl Behavior Rating Scale of 1 or 2
6. Children with a severe gagging reflex
7. Children allergic to latex
8. Children with recent dental radiographs taken but not available on the computer system

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified