title: Recent vs Conventional Methods of Caries Removal: A Comparative in vivo Study in Pediatric Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the three different methods of caries removal, conventional method using Airotor and chemomechanical method using Carisolv and Papacarie.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients with multiple carious teeth were selected either in the deciduous dentition or mixed dentition. Ninety primary molars were selected from 30 children (10 males and 20 females) between the age group 6 and 9 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  After caries excavation, cavities were evaluated for caries removal or clinical efficacy by the tactile and visual criteria, microbiological efficacy, time taken for the procedure. Patient acceptability toward the treatment was also checked with the help of a visual analog scale (VAS). The observations thus obtained were subjected to statistical analysis using analysis of variance (ANOVA), Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical efficacy of caries removal was highest with Airotor while the microbiological efficacy of caries removal was almost comparable with Airotor, Carisolv and Papacarie caries removal methods. The time taken to remove caries by Airotor method was observed to be least while the patient acceptance was found to be highest with Papacarie method. How to cite this article: Chowdhry S, Saha S, Samadi F, Jaiswal JN, Garg A, Chowdhry P. Recent vs Conventional Methods of Caries Removal: A Comparative in vivo Study in Pediatric Patients. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2015;8(1):6-11.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chowdhry
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Sardar Patel Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sonali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Firoza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Samadi
authors.affiliation: Professor and Director, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Sardar Patel Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Sardar Patel Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Aarti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Vice Chairman, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, Shah Dental Care and Implant Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Preet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chowdhry
keywords: Chemomechanical caries removal; Clinical efficacy; Microbiological assessment; Patient acceptability.