Relation of Caries Color to Caries Severity and Its Microbial Load

Mansoura University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Relation of Caries Color

Treatments: Other: Black color of caries; Other: yellow color of caries; Other: light brown color of caries; Other: dark brown color of caries

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06338540

A26020822

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to find the relation of caries color to caries severity and its microbial load in primary molars.

Full description

This study is to investigate the relationship between the caries color to caries severity and its microbial load.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Their ages ranged from (4 to 7) years.
2. They were healthy, free from any chronic disease and had no previous anxiety disorder or medical disability such as the history of seizures or convulsion disorders, nystagmus, vertigo or equilibrium disorders, eye problems and autism.
3. Primary molars with class 1 caries, normal furcation and normal periapical bone structure
4. They were indicated for restorative treatment under local anesthesia.
5. They were not indicated for pharmacological management

Exclusion criteria

1. Primary molars with class 2 caries
2. Teeth with mobility
3. Periapical abscess
4. Fistula

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 4 patient groups

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Black caries color

Treatment:

Other: yellow color of caries

Other: light brown color of caries

Other: dark brown color of caries

Group 2

Experimental group

Description:

Dark brown caries color

Treatment:

Other: yellow color of caries

Other: Black color of caries

Other: light brown color of caries

Group 3

Experimental group

Description:

Light brown caries color

Treatment:

Other: yellow color of caries

Other: Black color of caries

Other: dark brown color of caries

Group 4

Experimental group

Description:

Yellow caries color

Treatment:

Other: Black color of caries

Other: light brown color of caries

Other: dark brown color of caries