NCT05337449

Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Early Childhood Caries Using Silver Diamine Fluoride Versus Drill and Fill Technique

Evaluation Of Changes in Children's Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Following Treatment of Early Childhood Caries With Caries Arrest Technique Using Silver Diamine Fluoride Versus Conventional Drill and Fill Technique A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The clinical trial aims to compare children's oral health-related quality of life (OHrQL) following caries arrest technique using SDF versus conventional drill and fill in the children with ECC

Detailed description

Early childhood caries (ECC) has been an increasing issue in many countries and has become a significant health problem, especially in socially disadvantaged populations. ECC is a specific form of caries that occurs in children with primary teeth. ECC is characterized as "the early onset of caries in young children with often fast progression which can finally result in complete destruction of the primary dentition". Management of cavitated carious lesions in primary teeth in very young children is time-consuming due to their lack of cooperation, so one of the alternative procedures could be performed with silver diamine fluoride (SDF), to its effectiveness in arresting the activity of carious lesions (cavitated and non-cavitated). It is easy to apply even outside dental offices, and relatively inexpensive solutions can be used particularly when compared to restorative intervention.

Conditions

• Oral Health Related Quality of Life
• Early Childhood Caries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	silver diamine fluoride	silver diamine fluoride is a colorless with high PH topical fluoride solution of 38% weight/volume use for arresting early childhood caries
OTHER	conventional composite resin restoration	Dental composite resins are dental cement made of synthetic resins which were insoluble, of good tooth-like appearance, insensitive to dehydration, and easy to manipulate.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-15
• Primary completion: 2022-12-30
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2022-04-20
• Last updated: 2022-06-15