Isolation techniques for dental treatment Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
Forty-eight children aged 6 - 15 years participated according to inclusion/exclusion criteria. They were randomized by using simple block random allocation to ensure a balanced randomization for each
Sponsors
King Saud University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Normal healthy patient with ASA 1 according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification 2. Children aged 6 - 15 years, willing to participate in the study 3. Legal guardian accepts the participation of the child in the study 4. Participant must require 4 pits and fissure sealants on all first or second permanent molars with an International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) score of 0 - 2, and 5) Arabic or English speaker children
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Special Needs children 2. Conditions requiring emergency dental treatment (abscess, draining sinus, cellulitis) 3. Partially erupted permanent first or second molars 4. Enamel/Dentin anomalies 5. Uncooperative children, Frankl Behavior Rating Scale of 1 or 2 6. Children with a severe gagging reflex 7. Children allergic to latex 8. Children with recent dental radiographs taken but not available on the computer system
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at a single time point for each technique: 1. Sealants quality was evaluated according to Simonsen’s criteria 2. Sealant chair time was measured using a stopwatch 3. Patients' preference was measured according to a novel validated questionnaire | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There are no secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
Saudi Arabia
Contacts
Public ContactRahif Mattar
Outcome results
None listed