Management of Occlusal Dentinal Caries in Deciduous Molars

Sneha D. Suwarnkar60 enrolled

Overview

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.

Dental caries is a complex multifactorial disease and is one of the most prevalent diseases throughout history. It can cost a lot of money to treat and causes infection, pain and the loss of teeth. Choices for managing a carious lesion cover a spectrum of options-from complete surgical excision, where no part of the visible carious tissue is left in the tooth before a restoration is placed, to the opposite extreme, where none of the carious tissue is removed and noninvasive methods are used to prevent progression of the lesion. Thus, this study compared efficacy of no caries removal and sealing the entire lesion verses partial selective caries removal to soft and to firm dentin in healing and/or preventing progression of moderate to deep occlusal dentinal caries in previously unrestored teeth by clinical and radiographic analysis in 4-7 year old children.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Caries, Dental

Interventions

no caries removalPROCEDURE

occlusal caries were treated with no caries removal and placement of stainless steel crown

partial caries removal upto soft dentinPROCEDURE

occlusal caries were treated by partial caries removal upto soft dentin followed by Glass Ionomer Cement placement as a base and composite restoration

partial caries removal upto firm dentinPROCEDURE

occlusal caries were treated by partial caries removal upto firm dentin followed by Glass Ionomer Cement placement as a base and composite restoration

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 7 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Dr Sneha D Suwarnkar

Parbhani, Maharashtra, India

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

correlation between caries activity and efficacy of three groups

to check for caries activity and efficacy of three groups i.e. no caries removal, partial caries removal upto soft dentin and partial caries removal upto firm dentin

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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