Oral Health Paediatrics
Conditions
Interventions
Hall technique
Conventional stainless steel crown restoration method
Sponsors
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects with pair(s) of unrestored carious primary molars at high risk of dental caries were included. Study teeth were matched for tooth type, dental arch, and extent of caries which showed enamel or dentine caries on bitewing radiographs. Study teeth were symptomless, with no clinical or radiographic signs of pulpal pathology on bitewing radiographs.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects who did not give consent/assent or were unwilling to participate in the study, those with chronic medical conditions e.g. leukemia, sickle cell disease, those with teeth that were mobile, symptomatic, abscessed or teeth tender to percussion and those with teeth with radiographic signs of pulpal pathology on bitewing radiographs were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Major failures e.g irreversible pulpitis, dental abscess, peri-radicular radiolucency and crown loss with the tooth unrestorable. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Minor failures like crown loss with the tooth restorable, crown perforation, secondary/marginal caries and reversible pulpitis | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactOredugba Folakemi
Professor
Outcome results
None listed