Comparison of Silver Modified and Conventional Atraumatic Restorative Treatment Modalities

Summary

The study is a randomized controlled trial aiming to compare the effectiveness of Silver modified atraumatic restorative technique and (SMART) and conventional atraumatic restorative technique (ART) regarding their caries arresting properties in primary molars, patient acceptance and cost effectiveness.

Timeline

Start

2020-08-03

Primary completion

2021-11-03

Completion

2021-12-30

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper mean survival time was 11.8 and 11.6 months for SMART and ART restorations respectively with no detected significant differences (p=0.416). PMID 36460236 ↗

Publications

• Aly AAM, Aziz AMA, Elghazawy RK, El Fadl RKA. Survival Analysis and Cost Effectiveness of Silver Modified Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (SMART) and ART Occlusal Restorations in Primary Molars: a randomized controlled trial. J Dent. 2023 Jan;128:104379. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104379. Epub 2022 Nov 29.

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