Children's discomfort may vary among different treatments for initial approximal caries lesions: preliminary findings of a randomized controlled clinical trial.

BACKGROUND: Longer and more complex dental procedures could negatively affect patient's acceptability of minimal invasive techniques. AIMS AND METHODS: Therefore, this short communication aims to show the preliminary findings regarding children's discomfort reported after some minimal invasive treatments in treating initial caries lesions on approximal surfaces: flossing instruction, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application and caries resin infiltration.
RESULTS: Children allocated in the infiltration group showed higher levels of discomfort than those in the SDF and control groups.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the simplest interventions for approximal initial caries lesions cause less discomfort for children and should be applied where possible.

RCT Entities:   Population Interventions Outcomes