Deep Caries
Conditions
Brief summary
450 healthy children with primary teeth of deep carious lesions without signs or symptomes of irreverisible pulp damage was selected randompy divoded into 3 groups each of 150 children that inder go vital pulp therapy through pulpotomy,direct pulp capping or indirect pulp capping using MTA as capping material for each modality then followed up for 2 years or more
Interventions
Vital pulp therapy different modalities for management of deep carious lesion in primary teeth
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy children * Aged from 3 to 10 years old * Deep cariuos primary tooth
Exclusion criteria
* Primary teeth with any signs or syptoms of irreversible pulpitis * Primary teeth of any signs or symptomes of vitality loss * Primary teeth near to exfoliation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Periapical radiographic radiolucency | 2 years | Precence or abcencs |
| Tenderness | 2 years | Precence or abscence |
| Abcess | 2 years | Precence or abscence |
| Fistula | 2 years | Precence or abscence |
| lamina dura | 2 years | Intact or distorted |
Countries
Egypt