Management of Occlusal Dentinal Caries in Deciduous Molars (NCT03552835) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Management of Occlusal Dentinal Caries in Deciduous Molars
India60 participantsStarted 2017-10-30
Plain-language summary
This study evaluated and compared the efficacy of no caries removal and sealing with a well-adapted and crimped stainless steel crown verses selective caries removal upto soft dentin and upto firm dentin in healing and/or preventing progression of moderate to deep occlusal dentinal caries.
Who can participate
Age range4 Years – 7 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Children in the age group of 4 - 7 years
* Previously untreated first and second mandibular deciduous molars with moderate to deep occlusal caries i.e. caries involving middle 1/3rd to pulpal 1/3rd of dentin
* No root resorption or physiologic resorption not exceeding 2/3rd of the root length
* Children having positive and definitely positive behavior
Exclusion Criteria:
* Children with special health care needs
* Children with dental crowding limiting the child's ability to maintain oral hygiene
* Teeth with clinical and/or radiological signs or symptoms of non- vitality
* Teeth with clinical and radiological signs or symptoms of irreversible pulpitis or dental abscess (Pain, mobility, tenderness to percussion, draining sinus, pulp polyp, furcal or periapical radiolucency, root resorption)
* Mobility of the tooth
* Pathologic root resorption
* Physiologic root resorption exceeding 2/3rd of root length in preoperative x-ray
What they're measuring
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correlation between caries activity and efficacy of three groups