Trial reportBritish dental journal2015
The Hall Technique; retrospective case-note follow-up of 5-year RCT.
Trial report in British dental journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04367649 (Evaluation of Hall Technique and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for Management of Caries in the Primary Dentition), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Hall Technique and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for Management of Caries in the Primary Dentition (A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial)
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Success rate of Hall Technique for restoring carious primary molars - systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based dentistry · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for treating cavitated or dentine carious lesions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Assessment of masticatory performance in pediatric patients receiving preformed crowns by Hall technique: a controlled clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2024Article
- The clinical success of ART restorations and Hall technique in primary molars: a randomized 18-month follow-up study.Restorative dentistry & endodontics · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of silver diamine fluoride to divert dental general anaesthesia compared to standard care.Australian dental journal · 2022Article
- Minimal Intervention Dentistry (MID) mainstream or unconventional option? Study exploring the impact of COVID-19 on paediatric dentists' views and practices of MID for managing carious primary teeth in children across the United Kingdom and European Union.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022Article
- Clinical and Microbiological Evaluation of a Chlorhexidine-Modified Glass Ionomer Cement (GIC-CHX) Restoration Placed Using the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) Technique.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pediatric Stainless-Steel Crown Cementation Finite Element Study.European journal of dentistry · 2021Article
- A 24-month retrospective study of preformed metal crowns: the Hall technique versus the conventional preparation method.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2021Article
- Use of the Hall technique by specialist paediatric dentists: a global perspective.British dental journal · 2020Article
- Guidelines relevant to paediatric dentistry - do foundation dentists and general dental practitioners follow them? Part 2: Treatment and recall.British dental journal · 2018Article
- Fluorides and Other Preventive Strategies for Tooth Decay.Dental clinics of North America · 2018Review
- The use of Hall technique preformed metal crowns by specialist paediatric dentists in the UK.British dental journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimFew paediatric dental restorative trials present outcomes for more than two years, leaving clinicians uncertain of long-term implications for their patients. This study aimed to establish the Hall Technique's success over the lifetime of primary teeth compared to conventional restorations (CR), by following up participants in the Tayside (Scotland), UK trial.
designFollowing the Phase 1 prospective, split-mouth randomised control trial with 132 children (264 teeth) in 17 general practices in Scotland, 142/264 (54%) teeth had reached an endpoint of exfoliation or extraction. Through practices, Phase 2 follow-up data were collected retrospectively from case-notes, using original trial outcomes. Phase 1/ 2 outcome data were combined.
resultsData were obtained up until exfoliation/extraction for 184 teeth (73%) in matched pairs. Major failures: 16 CR; 4 HT (P = 0.0015); ARR = 0.13 (95%CI: 0.04;0.22), numbers needed to treat (NNT) 8 (95%CI: 4;25) favouring HT. Minor failures: 37 CR; 5 HT (P <0.0001); ARR = 0.35 (95%CI: 0.23;0.45) and NNT = 3 (95%CI: 2;4). Repeat failures occurred mostly in the conventional restoration arm for both major and minor failures.
conclusionsThe HT continued to outperform GDP's standard restorations in primary molar teeth with significant caries involvement over the lifetime of the teeth.
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