Trial reportBMJ open2018
Selective carious tissue removal using subjective criteria or polymer bur: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SelecCT).
Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02754466 (Oral Health and Its Relation to Growth, Development and Well-being of Schoolchildren Before and After Restorative Treatments), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Oral Health and Its Relation to Growth, Development and Well-being of Schoolchildren Before and After Restorative Treatments
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Meta-Analysis of Minimally Invasive and Conventional Approaches for Caries Removal in Permanent Dentition.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Subjective versus objective, polymer bur-based selective carious tissue removal: 1-year interim analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Ethosomal nanocarrier encapsulating curcumin for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: efficacy analysis against mature Streptococcus mutans biofilm.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Environmental Impact of a Tooth Extraction: Life Cycle Analysis in a University Hospital Setting.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Dental Restorative Materials in the Atraumatic Treatment of Carious Primary Teeth in Pediatric Dentistry: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Current Strategies to Control Recurrent and Residual Caries with Resin Composite Restorations: Operator- and Material-Related Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- The Potential Application of Natural Photosensitizers Used in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy against Oral Infections.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Chlorhexidine gluconate enhances the remineralization effect of high viscosity glass ionomer cement on dentin carious lesions in vitro.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Strategies for dispersion of cariogenic biofilms: applications and mechanisms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Penetration of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Deep Carious Lesions of Human Permanent Teeth: An In Vitro Study.International journal of dentistry · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionSelective (incomplete/partial) carious tissue removal is suitable for treating deep carious lesions in teeth with vital, asymptomatic pulps. In the periphery of a cavity, removal to hard dentin is performed, while in pulpo-proximal areas, leathery or soft dentin is left to avoid pulp exposure. As the decision of what contains 'soft' or 'leathery' dentin is subjective, using self-limiting burs which help to standardise the hardness of the remaining dentin, has been suggested to increase the reliability of carious tissue removal. The trial compares subjectively measured selective carious tissue removal in deep lesions in primary teeth with objectively measured selective removal with a self-limiting bur (Polybur, Komet). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A community-based single-blind clustered randomised controlled superiority trial nested into a larger evaluation is performed. Recruitment for this trial has been concluded. We have recruited 115 children aged 6-8 years with ≥1 vital primary molar with a deep dentin lesion. The unit of randomisation was the child, with all eligible molars per child treated identically. Treatment was performed in a mobile dental unit. Subjective and objective carious tissue removal was performed at random. Teeth were restored using glass ionomer cement (Equia Forte, GC). Our primary outcome will be the time until complications occur, evaluated via multilevel survival analysis. Secondary outcomes will be the time until extraction is needed, subjective satisfaction of the child with the treatment (measured using a Likert scale) and cost-effectiveness. Re-examination will be performed after 12, 24 and 36 months (the final examination is expected in 2020). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This trial has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Health Sciences of the University of Brasília (CAAE 51310415.0.0000.0030). Trial results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented on conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02754466.
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