Clinical evaluation of carisolv for removal of dental caries in primary teeth

AIM:To compare the efficiency of Carisolv removing the caries with that of drilling in deciduous teeth,and if the children accept it.METHODS:One hundred children,aged from 6 to 10 years old,with symmetric coronal medium caries in deciduous teeth,were involved in this clinical study.According to a split-mouth design,in each patient caries tissue was removed by using a bur on one side,and Carisolv on the other side.After the carise was removed(wrote down the consumed time) the teeth were restored with composite resin.Patients were asked to fill in a postoperative questionnaire,including the degrade of patients' acceptance of the technique preference.The result was cheeked after one year.RESULTS:The time(min)for Carisolv removing caries was more than drilling method were 4.58±1.27and 2.78±0.86,respectively.The patients felt less pain(82%) in the operation by Carisolv than by drilling.The major patients preferred Carisolv to bur.In 1-year follow-up there was no significant difference in the incidence of secondary caries and restoration lost between Carisolv and drilling treatment.CONCLUSION:Carisolv is a time-consuming technique but the majority of patients accept it because of less pain.Carisolv may have no effect on the secondary caries.