A Comparative Study of Papacarie® and the Conventional Method for Dental Caries Treatment

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient inclusion criteria:
• Child is between 7-8 years of ages (at date of enrollment) with at least one active caries lesion in second primary molar tooth with distinct dentine involvement requiring restoration
• Child is in good general health and has no existing health condition that may interfere with treatment such as asthma, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever/ congenital heart diseases, jaundice, juvenile diabetes, haemophilia, thalassemia, leukemia, anemia , HIV , allergy to any drug, and epilepsy.
• Tooth inclusion criteria:
• Second primary molar tooth with one active caries lesion with distinct dentine involvement requiring restoration using the World Health Organization Criteria.
• Tooth with isolated occlusal caries and caries extended on further than two-third of the dentine layer, which can be restoration as a Class I restoration.
• Carious cavity must be large enough so that the hand instruments can be operated.
• Tooth is vital without pathological process assessed clinically and radiographically.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient exclusion criteria:
• Child whose parent does not give informed consent.
• Child who are unwilling to undergo the dental treatment.
• Child who has a known allergy to the ingredients contained in dental anesthesia, Papacarie® or glass-ionomer filling material.
• Tooth exclusion criteria:
• Having extensive dental caries which may require pulp treatment.
• Tooth with a pathological process of the dental tissue other than caries that could affect the treatment, such as tooth development disorders or adjacent soft tissue lesion.