Impact of Minimally Invasive Restorative Techniques on Pregnant Women Oral Health Related Quality of Life

Summary

Aim of the study was to compare the effect of chemo-mechanical caries removal methods using Papacarie-Duo and alternative restorative treatment (ART) on the Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of pregnant women.

Timeline

Start

2019-01-10

Primary completion

2019-10-01

Completion

2019-10-20

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Multiple linear regression revealed significantly greater reduction in OHIP-14 scores in the Papacarie-Duo than the ART group (regression coefficient = 4.03, 95% confidence interval: 0.652, 7.409, P = 0.020). PMID 33931037 ↗

Publications

• Background Kikwilu EN, Frencken J, Mulder J. Impact of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) on the treatment profile in pilot government dental clinics in Tanzania. BMC Oral Health. 2009 Jun 8;9:14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-9-14.
• Background Matsumoto SF, Motta LJ, Alfaya TA, Guedes CC, Fernandes KP, Bussadori SK. Assessment of chemomechanical removal of carious lesions using Papacarie Duo: randomized longitudinal clinical trial. Indian J Dent Res. 2013 Jul-Aug;24(4):488-92. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.118393.
• Background Musskopf ML, Milanesi FC, Rocha JMD, Fiorini T, Moreira CHC, Susin C, Rosing CK, Weidlich P, Oppermann RV. Oral health related quality of life among pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial. Braz Oral Res. 2018;32:e002. doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2018.vol32.0002. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
• Background Wewers ME, Lowe NK. A critical review of visual analogue scales in the measurement of clinical phenomena. Res Nurs Health. 1990 Aug;13(4):227-36. doi: 10.1002/nur.4770130405.
• Background Freitas MCCA, Fagundes TC, Modena KCDS, Cardia GS, Navarro MFL. Randomized clinical trial of encapsulated and hand-mixed glass-ionomer ART restorations: one-year follow-up. J Appl Oral Sci. 2018 Jan 18;26:e20170129. doi: 10.1590/1678-7757-2017-0129.
• Background Al Habashneh R, Khader YS, Salameh S. Use of the Arabic version of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 to evaluate the impact of periodontal disease on oral health-related quality of life among Jordanian adults. J Oral Sci. 2012 Mar;54(1):113-20. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.54.113.
• Background Motta LJ, Bussadori SK, Campanelli AP, Silva AL, Alfaya TA, Godoy CH, Navarro MF. Efficacy of Papacarie((R)) in reduction of residual bacteria in deciduous teeth: a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2014;69(5):319-22. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2014(05)04.
• Adham MM, El Kashlan MK, Abdelaziz WE, Rashad AS. Comparison of two minimally invasive restorative techniques in improving the oral health-related quality of life of pregnant women: a six months randomized controlled trial. BMC Oral Health. 2021 Apr 30;21(1):221. doi: 10.1186/s12903-021-01581-5.

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