Usage of Stainless Steel Crown on Primary Molars Using Hall Technique

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) for Egyptian Pediatric Dentists Regarding Usage of Stainless Steel Crown on Primary Molars Using Hall Technique: A Cross Sectional Study

Rationale: Gaining information about the knowledge, practice and attitude regarding hall technique and find out how much the Egyptian dentists use this method for treatment the carious primary teeth.

Aim of the study: To assess the knowledge, practice and attitude of Egyptian dentists regarding non invasive restorative approach.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Detailed Description

The first study on the Hall Technique was published in 2006 . It was a retrospective study which analysed the practice records of a general dental practitioner from Scotland, Dr. Norna Hall. Dr. Hall simplified the standard technique to restore primary teeth using preformed SSCs and used it with her patients. This retrospective study involved a total of 978 crowns fitted in 259 children using her novel technique (today known as the Hall Technique). Most crowns were placed when there was clinical evidence of a proximal carious lesion into dentine and marginal ridge breakdown. This study showed the Hall Technique to have comparable outcomes to those achieved with other more conventional restorations.

Since then, growing understanding that caries is essentially a biofilm driven disease rather than an infectious disease, explains why the Hall Technique, and other 'sealing in' carious lesion techniques, are successful. The intervening ten years has seen robust evidence from several randomised control trials that are either completed or underway. These have found the Hall Technique superior to comparator treatments, with success rates (no pain or infection) of 99% (UK study) and 100% (Germany) at one year, 98% and 93% over two years (UK and Germany) and 97% over five years (UK). The Hall Technique is now regarded as one of several biological management options for carious lesions in primary molars.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 164

Contacts and Locations

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All Egyptian Paediatric in Hospitals and health care units

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Egyptian dentists.
2. Pediatric dentists ( having PhD).
3. Pediatric dentists (having Master degree or studying master degree) .

Exclusion Criteria:

1. dentists in other dental speciality.
2. dental students.
3. pediatric dentists who have not enough knowledge about hall technique.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
knowledge, practice and attitude of Egyptian Dentists regarding The Hall techniqu	Measuring device: KAP Questionnare Measuring unit: Binary(Yes,No) + Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Director: faculty of dentistry cairo university, college, Cairo university

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Innes NP, Evans DJ, Bonifacio CC, Geneser M, Hesse D, Heimer M, Kanellis M, Machiulskiene V, Narbutaite J, Olegario IC, Owais A, Araujo MP, Raggio DP, Splieth C, van Amerongen E, Weber-Gasparoni K, Santamaria RM. The Hall Technique 10 years on: Questions and answers. Br Dent J. 2017 Mar 24;222(6):478-483. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.273.
• Santamaria R, Innes N. Sealing Carious Tissue in Primary Teeth Using Crowns: The Hall Technique. Monogr Oral Sci. 2018;27:113-123. doi: 10.1159/000487835. Epub 2018 May 24.
• Roberts A, McKay A, Albadri S. The use of Hall technique preformed metal crowns by specialist paediatric dentists in the UK. Br Dent J. 2018 Jan 12;224(1):48-52. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.4. Erratum In: Br Dent J. 2018 Feb 9;224(3):194.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): February 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): July 1, 2020
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): August 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 12, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 13, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): December 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): December 18, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 16, 2019
• Last Verified: December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: metal Crown and primary molars

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No