Evaluation of Hall Technique and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for Management of Caries in the Primary Dentition

Evaluation of Hall Technique and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for Management of Caries in the Primary Dentition (A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial)

The aim of the present study is to evaluate both Hall technique and atraumatic restorative technique in comparison to the conventional restorative technique in the management of carious lesions in primary molars.

This study is a three arm randomized controlled clinical trial. Eligible children will be selected from the outpatient clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University after securing necessary consents. One hundred and fifty five teeth will be randomly allocated into 3 groups fifty two each. Group I will be assigned to Hall technique Group II will be assigned to atraumatic restorative treatment using Glass ionomer cement, and Group III will be assigned to a conventional stainless steel crown and will serve as a control.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children free of any systemic disease or special health care needs.

• Cooperative children ( positive/ definitely positive) according to Frankl's behavior rating scale.

• Children who are willing to participate in the study

• Tooth inclusion criteria:

  • Primary molar teeth with occlusal or occlusoproximal carious lesions into dentin (International Caries Detection and Assessment System) (ICDAS) codes: 3-5
  • Absence of clinical signs or symptoms of irreversible pulpitis
  • Absence of fistula or abscess near the selected tooth clinically and radiographically
  • Absence of spontaneous pain
  • Absence of pulp exposure
  • Absence of pathological mobility by placing the points of a pair of tweezers in an occlusal fossa, and gently rocking the tooth bucco-lingually.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinical signs and symptoms of irreversible pulpilitis.
• Tooth mobility
• Spontaneous pain