title: Children's discomfort may vary among different treatments for initial approximal caries lesions: preliminary findings of a randomized controlled clinical trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Longer and more complex dental procedures could negatively affect patient's acceptability of minimal invasive techniques.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Therefore, this short communication aims to show the preliminary findings regarding children's discomfort reported after some minimal invasive treatments in treating initial caries lesions on approximal surfaces: flossing instruction, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application and caries resin infiltration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children allocated in the infiltration group showed higher levels of discomfort than those in the SDF and control groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that the simplest interventions for approximal initial caries lesions cause less discomfort for children and should be applied where possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mattos-Silveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Floriano
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Eduarda F
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Viganó
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fausto M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Braga
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy*; D003742:Dental Devices, Home Care; D005260:Female; D005460:Fluorides, Topical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018030:Silver Compounds
chemical_list: D005460:Fluorides, Topical; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D018030:Silver Compounds; C024633:silver diamine fluoride