Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Early Childhood Caries Using Silver Diamine Fluoride Versus Drill and Fill Technique

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Early Childhood Caries; Oral Health Related Quality of Life

Treatments: Other: conventional composite resin restoration; Other: silver diamine fluoride

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05337449

OHrQL in ECC treated with SDF

Details and patient eligibility

About

The clinical trial aims to compare children's oral health-related quality of life (OHrQL) following caries arrest technique using SDF versus conventional drill and fill in the children with ECC

Full description

Early childhood caries (ECC) has been an increasing issue in many countries and has become a significant health problem, especially in socially disadvantaged populations. ECC is a specific form of caries that occurs in children with primary teeth. ECC is characterized as "the early onset of caries in young children with often fast progression which can finally result in complete destruction of the primary dentition".

Management of cavitated carious lesions in primary teeth in very young children is time-consuming due to their lack of cooperation, so one of the alternative procedures could be performed with silver diamine fluoride (SDF), to its effectiveness in arresting the activity of carious lesions (cavitated and non-cavitated). It is easy to apply even outside dental offices, and relatively inexpensive solutions can be used particularly when compared to restorative intervention.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children Aged 3 to 5 years, in good general health and medically within normal.
• The parents provided written informed consent.
• Carious vital primary molars with reversible pulpitis.
• Restorable teeth.
• Normal Radiographic findings.

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to attend follow-up visits.
• Refusal of participation.
• Previously accessed teeth.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

silver diamine fluoride

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: conventional composite resin restoration

Other: silver diamine fluoride

conventional composite resin restoration

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: conventional composite resin restoration

Other: silver diamine fluoride