A Comparative Study of Papacarie® and the Conventional Method for Dental Caries Treatment

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient inclusion criteria: * Child is between 7-8 years of ages (at date of enrollment) with at least one active caries lesion in second primary molar tooth with distinct dentine involvement requiring restoration * Child is in good general health and has no existing health condition that may interfere with treatment such as asthma, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever/ congenital heart diseases, jaundice, juvenile diabetes, haemophilia, thalassemia, leukemia, anemia , HIV , allergy to any drug, and epilepsy. * Tooth inclusion criteria: * Second primary molar tooth with one active caries lesion with distinct dentine involvement requiring restoration using the World Health Organization Criteria. * Tooth with isolated occlusal caries and caries extended on further than two-third of the dentine layer, which can be restoration as a Class I restoration. * Carious cavity must be large enough so that the hand instruments can be operated. * Tooth is vital without pathological process assessed clinically and radiographically. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient exclusion criteria: * Child whose parent does not give informed consent. * Child who are unwilling to undergo the dental treatment. * Child who has a known allergy to the ingredients contained in dental anesthesia, Papacarie® or glass-ionomer filling material. * Tooth exclusion criteria: * Having extensive dental caries which may require pulp treatment. * Tooth with a pathological process of the dental tissue other …