Is it necessary to add chlorhexidine to a glass-ionomer restorative?
Completed
- Conditions
- Dental cavitated teethOral HealthDental caries
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16774328
- Lead Sponsor
- Dental School University of Cairo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Healthy patients without a history of any medical disease or condition that could interfere with the study protocol or affect clinical results
2. Patients without oral habits that could affect the study results
3. Presence of natural antagonist
4. Presence of at least two teeth with a cavitated dentine carious lesions in an occlusal surface in first or second permanent molars situated in different sides of the jaw
5. Occlusal cavities with size (Site/Stage 1.2 or 1.3)
6. Absence of apparent enamel crack or fracture
7. No pulp involvement or symptoms of pulpitis or apical periodontitis
Exclusion Criteria
1. Poor oral hygiene
2. Deciduous teeth
3. Patients declaring daily consumption of substantial volume of citric juices
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Development of secondary carious lesions, assessed using the USPHS criteria at baseline, 6, 12,18 and 24 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of the restorations, assessed using ART restoration criteria at baseline, 6, 12,18 and 24 months