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Post-operative Pain and Child Behavior of Hall Technique Versus SDF in the Management of Carious Primary Molars: RCT

Phase 3
Conditions
Caries
Interventions
Device: Hall Technique
Registration Number
NCT04794426
Lead Sponsor
Noura Mohamed Alhosaini
Brief Summary

PICO question:

Papulation: children suffering from caries Intervention: Silver Diamine Fluoride Comparison: Hall technique

Outcome:

Primary Outcome: Intraoperative and postoperative pain Measurement device: Face pain scale Revised8 Measurement unit: Score 0-2-4-6-8-10

Secondary Outcome:

1. Child Anxiety Measurement device: Venham Anxiety rating scale 9 Measurement unit: Six-point scales 0-1-2-3-4-5

2. Child Behavior Measurement device: Venham Behavior rating scale 9 Measurement unit: Six-point scales 0-1-2-3-4-5

Detailed Description

Dental caries, also known as tooth decay, it can occur in primary teeth in early childhood, is formed through interaction between acid-producing bacteria and carbohydrate. The caries develops in both the crowns and roots of teeth. Progress of caries depended on the lifestyle of the child (as high numbers of cariogenic bacteria, inadequate salivary flow, insufficient fluoride exposure and poor oral hygiene). To avoid this disease should follow the proper oral hygiene and improve lifestyle 1. A lot of methods found to treatment the decayed tooth - like; Hall technique and Silver diamine fluoride.

The first report on the Hall Technique published in 2007 by a general dental practitioner from Aberdeen/Scotland, Dr. Norna Hall. Dr. Hall used PMCs to restore carious primary molars rather than using the standard technique, placed them using a simplified method2.

Previous studies have recommended that Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) solution would exert a preventive result in managing early childhood caries ECC. However, no well-designed clinical trials have yet been performed to study the effect of SDF on caries prevention. the objective is useful in arresting early childhood caries (ECC) 3

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age: From 4 to 6 years
  2. Clinical diagnosis of tooth with caries in primary molars within enamel or dentin without pulp disease
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Tooth with signs and symptoms of pulp necrosis
  2. Tooth with Root caries
  3. Tooth with Spontaneous pain

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
control groupHall TechniqueThe group that have caries in primary molars and treat them with Hall Technique
experimental groupSilver diamine fluorideThe group that have caries in primary molars and treat them with Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) solution would exert a preventive result in managing early childhood caries ECC.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
post-operative painat 6 months

Face Pain Scale Revised Immediately after the treatment, any pain and discomfort experienced by the child were recorded using the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R). Each child was asked to mark the face that reflected her or his experienced pain during the treatment. The endpoints were labeled 'no pain' and 'very much pain'. The FPS-R faces were scored as 0-2-4-6-8-10.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Child AnxietyImmediately

Venham Anxiety rating scale is a reliable system for rating behavior of children in the dental setting. Six-point scales 0-1-2-3-4-5

Child behaviorImmediately

Venham behavior rating scale is a reliable system for rating behavior of children in the dental setting. Six-point scales 0-1-2-3-4-5

Intra operative painImmediately

Face Pain Scale Revised Immediately after the treatment, any pain and discomfort experienced by the child were recorded using the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R). Each child was asked to mark the face that reflected her or his experienced pain during the treatment. The endpoints were labeled 'no pain' and 'very much pain'. The FPS-R faces were scored as 0-2-4-6-8-10.

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