Parental Satisfaction of Hall Technique for Caries Management in Primary Molars

Children included are those aged from 4 -10 years old. Children with one or more primary molar with class I and class II carious lesions, with no history of pain, or signs of reversible pulpitis .

Patients with signs of irreversible pulpitis as spontaneous pain or pain at night or pathological signs as periapical radiolucency and pathological root resorptions are excluded

Method:

Patient will receive no local anesthesia or tooth preparation. A proper sized preformed stainless-steel crown will be checked first. Then, the crown will be cemented on the tooth using glass ionomer cement The child is instructed to bite on the crown by means of a cotton roll. Excess cement was cleared immediately using a probe after cementation.

Primary outcome:

Parent satisfaction :

Parents satisfaction will be measured by a 5 point Likert scale with five possible answers: strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree.[9]

Patient discomfort:

Discomfort at time of intervention: The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale will be used for assessment

Secondary outcomes:

Clinical evaluation will be performed at two-week interval, 6 and 12 months including :

Absence of adverse signs and symptoms of the carious lesion. Crown evaluation including crown retention.

Inclusion criteria

• Children with one or more primary molar with class I and class II carious lesions.
• Teeth with no history of pain, or signs of reversible pulpitis

Exclusion criteria

• Teeth with signs of irreversible pulpitis as spontaneous pain or pain at night.
• Teeth with signs of non-vitality as presence of sinus or fistula or pathologic mobility.
• Teeth with pathological radiographic signs as periapical radiolucency and pathological root resorptions.
• Parental refusal for the use of stainless steel crown