A Comparative evaluation of the efficiency of visual tactile method, caries detector dye and fluorescence device in diagnosing residual caries after cavity preparation”.
- Conditions
- Oral Health
- Registration Number
- PACTR202309545839091
- Lead Sponsor
- SELF
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
1.All consecutive adult subjects above the age of 18, in good general health, presenting at the oral diagnosis clinic.
2.Adults with at least one permanent molar/ premolar diagnosed to have DC
3.Adults with at least one permanent molar/ premolar diagnosed to have DC, in dentine, without irreversible pulpal damage or periapical involvement and with sufficient extension to allow DIAGNOdent placement within the excavation
1.Carious lesions associated with signs and symptoms of irreversible pulp inflammation and or periapical inflammation. These will also include tooth/teeth with:
a.History of spontaneous pain
b.History of swelling
c.Presence and/or preceding history of discharging sinus
d.Tenderness on palpation and/or percussion
e.Grossly broken down tooth
f.Periradicular or periapical radiolucency.
h.Advanced periodontal diseases: grade III mobility
i.True negative response to pulp sensibility test
j.Coronal radiolucency due to caries that appears to communicate with pulp, with or without symptoms
k.Pulpal bleeding (exposure) during caries excavation
l.Traumatized teeth
m.Third molars
2.Subjects that have been on antibiotics or steroids within a period of three months prior to the study period.
3.Pregnant women.
4.Subjects that decline to consent to the treatment procedure, despite elaborate explanations of the treatment protocols.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method