The Impact of Minimally Invasive Restorative Techniques on Dental Pain in Pregnant Women

Nourhan M.Aly

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Dental Pain

Patient Satisfaction

Treatments

Drug: Papacarie

Drug: Atraumatic Restorative Treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04573608

Papacarie vs ART in pregnant

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of chemo-mechanical caries removal using Papacarie-Duo and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) in reducing dental pain in pregnant women.

Full description

A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted in 2019 and included 162 pregnant women visiting family health centers in Alexandria, Egypt with dental pain due to caries not extending to pulp who were randomly assigned into Papacarie-Duo group (n=82) and ART group (n=80) after stratification by number of treated surfaces

Enrollment

162 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

20 to 35 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Pregnant females in the first or second trimester
Having at least mild dental pain as identified by a score of at least 5mm on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 100-mm-long
Having at least one carious lesion involving dentine clinically classified as a shallow or medium cavity. This cavity should be accessible to hand instruments (International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) score= 5 or 6.

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant women with acute pulpitis, swelling or fistula.
Uncooperative patients.
Patients with severe gingivitis (Gingival Index (GI) score=3).
Patients who are unable to read and/or write and those who refused to participate.