Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Moderate to deep proximal primary carious lesions in posterior teeth. Patients showing no signs of spontaneous dental or orofacial pain. Selected teeth should not have any signs or symptoms of pulpal and periapical disease. Selected teeth should have an occlusal contact with natural or crowned antagonist teeth so that it could be tested for post-operative pain during chewing of food.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Previously restored teeth showing secondary caries. Defective restorations that need a replacement for esthetic reasons. Occlusal disturbances or temporo-mandibular joint problems involving gingival recession or alveolar bone loss. Patients taking analgesics that could alter their normal pain perception level. Patients on orthodontic treatment. Medical, psychiatric, or pharmaco-therapeutic histories that might compromise the study protocol including chronic use of anti-inflammatory, analgesic, psychotropic drugs. Abutment teeth for a fixed or removable prosthesis. Pregnancy or breastfeeding, acute and chronic systemic diseases, immune-compromised patients. Medical problems preventing the participant from showing up to return the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) in its due time.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative sensitivity after class II resin composite restorations. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effect of cavity depths on levels of postoperative sensitivity after class II resin composite restorations. | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Professor of Conservative Dentistry Cairo University