Usage of Stainless Steel Crown on Primary Molars Using Hall Technique

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04201301
• Other study ID #: metal Crown and primary molars
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Mahmoud Mohamed El Shafie, Dr
• Phone: 01060977233
• Email: Mahmoud.ebead[@]dentistry.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 164
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

References & Publications (3)

Innes NP, Evans DJ, Bonifacio CC, Geneser M, Hesse D, Heimer M, Kanellis M, Machiulskiene V, Narbutaité J, Olegário 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. — View Citation

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. — View Citation

Santamaría 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. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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