The Impact of Minimally Invasive Restorative Techniques on Dental Pain in Pregnant Women

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-10-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of chemo-mechanical caries removal using Papacarie-Duo and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) in reducing dental pain in pregnant women.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Nourhan M.Aly
• Collaborator: Alexandria University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant females in the first or second trimester

• Having at least mild dental pain as identified by a score of at least 5mm on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 100-mm-long

• Having at least one carious lesion involving dentine clinically classified as a shallow or medium cavity. This cavity should be accessible to hand instruments (International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) score= 5 or 6.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women with acute pulpitis, swelling or fistula.

• Uncooperative patients.

• Patients with severe gingivitis (Gingival Index (GI) score=3).

• Patients who are unable to read and/or write and those who refused to participate.