Evaluation of the Chemo-Mechanical Method (Carisolv) for Removal of Carious Dentine among Primary School Children
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Evaluation of the Chemo-Mechanical Method (Carisolv) for Removal of Carious Dentine among Primary School Children, HOSSAM A. EID, AHMAD A. SALEH, AHMAD B. AL-GHAMDI, ABDULRAHMAN M. AL-QARNI, ALI M. AL-AHMARI and AHMAD M. AL-SHEHRI
Abstract
Objective: To clinically evaluate the effectiveness of Carisolv on dentinal caries and to assess pain perception among primary school children.
Material and Methods: This study has been conducted during 2016. A total of 50 primary school children (24 females and 26 males) aged 6 to 11 years who attended the outpatient clinics of Pedodontics at King Khalid College of Dentistry, Abha, Saudi Arabia. Removal of carious dentine was achieved by the chemo-mechanical method (Carisolv). Effectiveness of caries removal was numerically scored from 0 (removed completely, to 5 (caries remained in the bases, walls and the margins of the cavity). Pain faces scale were used for the assessment of perceived pain by children. It ranged from a smiling face (0, no pain) to a crying face (3, severe pain).
Results: Caries could be completely removed among 74% of the children, and 60% of children had no pain, while 32% had mild pain.
Conclusions: Carisolv is an effective clinical alternative of treatment for the removal of occlusal dentinal caries. It is almost painless, non-invasive technique of caries removal. It is of potential interest for use in Clinical Pediatric Dentistry.