Filling Children’s Teeth: Indicated or Not? 

• Study stage: Closed
• Sponsor:  University of Dundee
• Funder:  NIHR HTA
• Therapeutic area: Oral
• Type of study:  Clinical Intervention

Aim:

Compare these three treatment strategies, when applied over a period of up to three years to 3-7 year old children with caries in primary teeth, with respect to the clinical outcomes of incidence and number of episodes of dental pain and dental sepsis.

Primary Outcome:

Either pain or sepsis related to dental caries.

• Population: Paediatrics
• Design: RCT
• Setting: Primary care (NHS Dental Care)
• Planned Sample Size: 1113