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Trial reportJournal of dental research2011

Sealing caries in primary molars: randomized control trial, 5-year results.

N P T Innes, D J P Evans, D R Stirrups

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of dental research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02569047 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

ART and Hall Technique for the Management of Occlusal-proximal Caries in Primary Molars: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Sao PauloRan2015 to 2018Enrolled131ConditionsDental CariesArmsAtraumatic Restorative Treatment, Hall Technique
NCT06350578 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Analysis of Hall Technique and Conventional Method for Stainless Steel Crown Placement in Primary Molars With Approximal Caries: A Randomized Controlled Trial at Primary Healthcare Corporation, Qatar

TypeinterventionalSponsorPrimary Health Care Corporation, QatarRan2023 to 2025Enrolled80ConditionsApproximal Dental Caries (ICDAS 3-5) in Primary Molars of ChildrenArmsHall Crown Technique, Conventional SSC Technique
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Clinical effectiveness of restorative materials for the restoration of carious primary teeth without pulp therapy: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022
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  4. Interventions for treating cavitated or dentine carious lesions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  7. Preformed crowns for decayed primary molar teeth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

N P T InnesUniversity of Dundee, Unit of Dental and Oral Health, Park Place, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK. n.p.innes@dundee.ac.uk
D J P Evans
D R Stirrups

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hall Technique (HT) is a method for managing carious primary molars. Decay is sealed under pre-formed metal crowns without any caries removal, tooth preparation, or local anesthesia. The aim of this study was to compare HT clinical/radiographic failure rates with General Dental Practitioners' (GDPs) standard (control) restorations. We conducted a split-mouth, randomized control trial (132 children, aged 3-10 yrs, GDPs n = 17) in Scotland. There were 264 study teeth with initial lesions, 42% of which were radiographically > half-way into dentin, and 67% of which had Class II restorations. Teeth were randomized to HT (intervention) or GDPs' usual treatment (control). Annual clinical/radiographic follow-up data were recorded. Ninety-one patients (69%) had 48 months' minimum follow-up. At 60 months, 'Major' failures (irreversible pulpitis, loss of vitality, abscess, or unrestorable tooth) were recorded: HT, 3 (3%); control restorations, 15 (16.5%) (p = 0.000488; NNT 8); and 'Minor' failures (reversible pulpitis, restoration loss/wear/fracture; or secondary caries): HT, 4 (5%); control restorations, 38 (42%) (p < 0.000001; NNT 3). Overall, there were follow-up data for 130 patients (2-60 mos): 'Major' failures: HT, 3 (2%); control restorations, 22 (17%) (p = 0.000004; NNT 7); and 'Minor' failures, HT, 7 (5%); control restorations, 60 (46%) (p < 0.000001; NNT 3). Sealing in caries by the Hall Technique statistically, and clinically, significantly outperformed GDPs' standard restorations in the long term (Trial registration no. ISRCTN 47267892).

Indexed as

CrownsChildChild, PreschoolDental AlloysDental CariesDental Restoration FailureGeneral Practice, DentalHumansMolarPulpitisStainless SteelTooth, DeciduousDental AlloysStainless Steel

Identifiers

PMID21921249

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