Combination of Silver Diamine Fluoride and Hall Technique for Caries Management in Primary Molars: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Aims And Background: Combination of different noninvasive caries arresting approaches may improve the effectiveness and success rate of individual procedures for caries management. The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical and radiographic success rate of a combination of 38% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application and Hall technique (HT) for the management of dentinal caries in primary molars and compare it with conventional stainless steel crown (SSC) restoration.

Materials And Methods: Children aged 4-8 years, having carious primary molars with the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) score of 5 or 6, were randomly assigned to treatment group A or B. Treatment group A ( = 25) received 38% SDF application and Hall crown, while group B ( = 25) received conventional SSC restoration. Follow-up was done at 1 month, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 30 months intervals.

Results: There was one case of major failure in group A (93.5% successful) while no case of major failure in group B (100% successful) and the difference was not statistically significant ( > 0.05). For minor failure (loss of SSC), the success rate was 91.3% in group B and 84.2% in group A, wherein the difference was not statistically significant ( > 0.05).

Conclusion: Conservative management of dentinal carious lesions with SDF and HT showed a similar success rate as compared to conventional operative procedures.

Clinical Significance: This protocol can help reduce the clinical chair time and the need for deep sedation/general anesthesia in young children suffering from deep carious lesions with reversible pulpitis.

Trial Registration Number: CTRI/2020/07/026877, Clinical Trial Registry-India.

How To Cite This Article: Mittal M, Chopra R, Kumar A, Combination of Silver Diamine Fluoride and Hall Technique for Caries Management in Primary Molars: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2024;17(10):1114-1120.