- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05220865
Hall Technique or Modified Hall Technique of Deep Carious Lesions in Primary Molars
Hall Technique or Modified Hall Technique of Deep Carious Lesions in Primary Molars: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Untreated caries in deciduous teeth affect 532 million children worldwide. According to the Turkey Oral and Dental Health Profile study conducted in 2018, the prevalence of untreated caries in 5-year-old children is 64.4%. The traditional treatment of dentine caries is to restore the teeth after removal of the carious tissue. There is increasing evidence for minimally invasive interventions as an alternative to this traditional operative/restorative treatment.
One of the minimally invasive treatment approaches applied in children is the Hall Technique. Local anesthesia and tooth preparation are not required in this technique, and decayed primary molars are covered with stainless steel crowns without removing any carious tissue. The Hall technique has advantages such as preventing aerosol formation, shortening the treatment time, increasing patient cooperation, and reducing the need for general anesthesia and sedation in noncompliant patients. Its popularity has also increased during the Covid-19 process.
The success of the Hall technique in primary teeth with deep caries has been investigated in a limited number of clinical studies, and it has been observed that the technique has lower success rates in teeth with deep caries than in teeth with shallow/medium depth caries. To answer the question of whether modifying the Hall technique (removing the necrotic carious dentin layer manually with excavators before placing a stainless-steel crown) in deeply carious primary molars will increase the success of the original Hall technique (placing stainless steel crown without any intervention to the carious lesion), a randomized study was designed.
268 healthy children between the ages of 3-12 will be recruited from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry outpatient clinic. Participants who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate will be randomly allocated to Group 1 (Modified Hall Technique) or Group 2 (Hall Technique).
The allocation of patients in each group will be carried out by a random list. The sequence will be generated by a computerized random number generator. Enclosed assignments in sequentially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes will be used as allocation concealment mechanism. Group allocation will be performed by an independent researcher, not involved in the study.
Clinical and radiographic success of treatments will be determined at follow-up appointments at 3rd, 6th and 12th months by one blinded examiner. In follow-up appointments; treatments will be recorded as "successful" (restoration appears satisfactory, no intervention required/ no clinical signs or symptoms of pulpal pathology/ no pathology visible on radiographs/ tooth exfoliated), "minor failure" (crown perforation/ new caries (around margins)/ restoration loss; tooth restorable/ reversible pulpitis treated without requiring pulpotomy or extraction) or "major failure" (irreversible pulpitis or dental abscess requiring pulpotomy or extraction/ inter-radicular radiolucency/ restoration loss; tooth unrestorable/ internal root resorption).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Ayşe I. Orhan, Assoc.Prof.
- Phone Number: 00905325095961
- Email: isilorhan10@gmail.com
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Sümeyye Türker, R.A.
- Phone Number: 00905494477506
- Email: turker.sumeyye25@gmail.com
Study Locations
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Ankara, Turkey
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Dentistry
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Medically healthy children
- Participants attending follow-up appointments
- Children having at least one primary molar tooth with deep dentin caries involving occluso proximal surfaces.
Tooth inclusion criteria:
- Vital pulp with symptom-free or reversible pulpitis
- Presence of marginal ridge breakdown and accessible cavity with hand instruments,
- Presence of active cavitated carious lesion (Code 3 with Nyvad criteria for caries lesion activity and severity assessment- Nyvad et al., 1999)
- Absence of spontaneous or prolonged pain related with irreversible pulpitis
- Absence of fistula or abscess near the tooth
- Absence of pathological mobility
- Absence of pain on percussion
- Absence of pulp exposure
- Caries lesion located in ½ inner part of dentin radiographically
- Presence of sound dentin layer between the deepest part of the carious lesion and the pulp radiographically
- Absence of periapical or furcation pathologies on radiographs
- Absence of internal and external root resorption on radiographs
- More than ½ of root remaining
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any systemic disease, physical or mental disorder
- Children or parents who doesn't accept to participate and sign the informed consent
- Clinical or radiographic signs of pulpal or peri-radicular pathology
- Caries cavity which cannot be accessible to hand instruments
- Physiological root resorption more than 1/2 of the root in primary molars
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Hall Technique
A preformed metal crown will be cemented on the carious primary molar tooth without any tooth preparation and local anesthesia.
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Experimental: Modified Hall Technique
In the Modified Hall technique only infected soft dentin tissue will be removed with hand instruments and a preformed metal crown will be placed with Hall technique.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Clinical and radiographic success of the treatments
Time Frame: Change from baseline up to 3, 6 and 12 months
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The clinical evaluation will be performed by one blinded examiner with the criteria as proposed by Innes et al. (2007). Outcome criteria for the clinical and radiographic assessment of restorations and teeth will be as follows: Treatments will be considered as "successful" if the restoration appears satisfactory (no intervention required), no clinical signs or symptoms of pulpal pathology, no pathology visible on radiographs or tooth exfoliated The treatments will be classified as "minor failure" if there is a crown perforation, new caries around margins, restoration loss (tooth restorable) and/or reversible pulpitis treated without requiring pulpotomy or extraction. The treatments will be classified as "major failure" if there is irreversible pulpitis or dental abscess requiring pulpotomy or extraction, inter-radicular radiolucency, restoration loss (tooth unrestorable) and/or internal root resorption (Innes et al., 2007). |
Change from baseline up to 3, 6 and 12 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The effect of the amount of marginal ridge fracture on treatment success
Time Frame: Change from baseline up to 3, 6 and 12 months
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The extent of marginal ridge breakdown will be determined by the ratio of the amount of fractured marginal ridge to the total marginal ridge of the tooth and will be scored in 4 groups (<25%, 25-50%, 50-75%, >75%) (Cho et al.,2018).
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Change from baseline up to 3, 6 and 12 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Ayşe I. Orhan, Assoc. Prof., Ankara Yıldırım Beyazit University Faculty of Dentistry
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Innes NP, Stirrups DR, Evans DJ, Hall N, Leggate M. A novel technique using preformed metal crowns for managing carious primary molars in general practice - a retrospective analysis. Br Dent J. 2006 Apr 22;200(8):451-4; discussion 444. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813466.
- Innes NP, Evans DJ, Stirrups DR. The Hall Technique; a randomized controlled clinical trial of a novel method of managing carious primary molars in general dental practice: acceptability of the technique and outcomes at 23 months. BMC Oral Health. 2007 Dec 20;7:18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-18.
- Boyd DH, Thomson WM, Leon de la Barra S, Fuge KN, van den Heever R, Butler BM, Leov F, Foster Page LA. A Primary Care Randomized Controlled Trial of Hall and Conventional Restorative Techniques. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2021 Apr;6(2):205-212. doi: 10.1177/2380084420933154. Epub 2020 Jun 19.
- Boyd DH, Page LF, Thomson WM. The Hall Technique and conventional restorative treatment in New Zealand children's primary oral health care - clinical outcomes at two years. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2018 Mar;28(2):180-188. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12324. Epub 2017 Aug 8.
- Eden E, Frencken J, Gao S, Horst JA, Innes N. Managing dental caries against the backdrop of COVID-19: approaches to reduce aerosol generation. Br Dent J. 2020 Oct;229(7):411-416. doi: 10.1038/s41415-020-2153-y. Epub 2020 Oct 9.
- GBD 2017 Oral Disorders Collaborators; Bernabe E, Marcenes W, Hernandez CR, Bailey J, Abreu LG, Alipour V, Amini S, Arabloo J, Arefi Z, Arora A, Ayanore MA, Barnighausen TW, Bijani A, Cho DY, Chu DT, Crowe CS, Demoz GT, Demsie DG, Dibaji Forooshani ZS, Du M, El Tantawi M, Fischer F, Folayan MO, Futran ND, Geramo YCD, Haj-Mirzaian A, Hariyani N, Hasanzadeh A, Hassanipour S, Hay SI, Hole MK, Hostiuc S, Ilic MD, James SL, Kalhor R, Kemmer L, Keramati M, Khader YS, Kisa S, Kisa A, Koyanagi A, Lalloo R, Le Nguyen Q, London SD, Manohar ND, Massenburg BB, Mathur MR, Meles HG, Mestrovic T, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammadpourhodki R, Mokdad AH, Morrison SD, Nazari J, Nguyen TH, Nguyen CT, Nixon MR, Olagunju TO, Pakshir K, Pathak M, Rabiee N, Rafiei A, Ramezanzadeh K, Rios-Blancas MJ, Roro EM, Sabour S, Samy AM, Sawhney M, Schwendicke F, Shaahmadi F, Shaikh MA, Stein C, Tovani-Palone MR, Tran BX, Unnikrishnan B, Vu GT, Vukovic A, Warouw TSS, Zaidi Z, Zhang ZJ, Kassebaum NJ. Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Burden of Oral Conditions from 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study. J Dent Res. 2020 Apr;99(4):362-373. doi: 10.1177/0022034520908533. Epub 2020 Mar 2.
- Nyvad B, Baelum V. Nyvad Criteria for Caries Lesion Activity and Severity Assessment: A Validated Approach for Clinical Management and Research. Caries Res. 2018;52(5):397-405. doi: 10.1159/000480522. Epub 2018 Mar 5.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- E2-21-956
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Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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