An evaluation of different caries removal techniques in primary teeth: a comparitive clinical study.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the efficacy of caries removal, time taken and to evaluate the pain threshold experienced by the patient during various caries removal methods.


METHODS
Eighty patients between the age groups of 5-9 years were selected and caries removal was done by hand instruments, airotor, carisolv and papacarie. The efficacy, time taken and the pain threshold was evaluated during the caries removal by Ericson D et al scale, visual analogue scale respectively.


RESULTS
Highly significant relation (< 0.05) was observed when intergroup comparison was made using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA).


CONCLUSIONS
It was concluded that chemomechanical removal of caries with Papacarie and Carisolv were found to be effective measures of caries removal and could be considered as viable alternatives to painful procedures like Airotor in management of dental caries especially in children.
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, DAV Dental College, Yamunanagr, Haryana, India. dr.gulsheen@gmail.com
Gulsheen Kaur
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Kochhar
Nikhil
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Srivastava
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Pandit
Neeraj
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Gugnani
Monika
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Gupta
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy*; D003737:Dental Cavity Preparation / Q000379:methods*; D003755:Dental High-Speed Technique; D003804:Dentin / Q000473:pathology; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine; D008239:Lysine; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010206:Papain; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
C119934:Carisolv; C509557:Papacarie; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D010206:Papain; D007930:Leucine; D008239:Lysine