Status:
COMPLETED
Hall Technique or Modified Hall Technique of Deep Carious Lesions in Primary Molars
Lead Sponsor:
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Conditions:
Dental Caries in Children
Tooth Diseases
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to compare the clinical/radiographic success of Hall technique and modified Hall technique in the treatment of primary molars with deep dentine carious...
Detailed Description
Untreated caries in deciduous teeth affect 532 million children worldwide. According to the Turkey Oral and Dental Health Profile study conducted in 2018, the prevalence of untreated caries in 5-year-...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Medically healthy children
- Participants attending follow-up appointments
- Children having at least one primary molar tooth with deep dentin caries involving occluso proximal surfaces.
- Tooth inclusion criteria:
- Vital pulp with symptom-free or reversible pulpitis
- Presence of marginal ridge breakdown and accessible cavity with hand instruments,
- Presence of active cavitated carious lesion (Code 3 with Nyvad criteria for caries lesion activity and severity assessment- Nyvad et al., 1999)
- Absence of spontaneous or prolonged pain related with irreversible pulpitis
- Absence of fistula or abscess near the tooth
- Absence of pathological mobility
- Absence of pain on percussion
- Absence of pulp exposure
- Caries lesion located in ½ inner part of dentin radiographically
- Presence of sound dentin layer between the deepest part of the carious lesion and the pulp radiographically
- Absence of periapical or furcation pathologies on radiographs
- Absence of internal and external root resorption on radiographs
- More than ½ of root remaining
Exclusion
- Any systemic disease, physical or mental disorder
- Children or parents who doesn't accept to participate and sign the informed consent
- Clinical or radiographic signs of pulpal or peri-radicular pathology
- Caries cavity which cannot be accessible to hand instruments
- Physiological root resorption more than 1/2 of the root in primary molars
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
268 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05220865
Start Date
February 1 2022
End Date
September 1 2025
Last Update
October 6 2025
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Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Dentistry
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)