Comparison of the Time Required to Apply Atraumatic Restorative Treatment and the Hall Technique on Hypomineralized Second Primary Molars

Abstract

Introduction: The prevalence of hypomineralization second primary molars (HSPM) in Syrian children is the highest in the world. Both ART and Hall techniques are suitable for the management of these molars due to the nature of the lesions, in addition to the short application time, which is a decisive factor in pediatric dentistry. To date, there are no studies comparing the application time of both methods in patients with HSPM.

Materials and methods: A comparative clinical study was conducted that included 10 children attending the Faculty of Dentistry at Lattakia University with HSPM in the period between March 2022 and May 2022. Both the ART technique and the Hall technique were applied to each child in the same jaw, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare application time values ​​between the two techniques

Results: The mean age of the children was 7.7(1.7) years, the number of boys was 5 and the number of girls was 5. The mean time required to apply the Hall technique was 2 minutes and 69 parts of a minute, which is less than the mean time required for the ART technique, which amounted to 3 minutes and 81 parts of a minute, with a statistically significant difference, where P = 0.005

Conclusions: The time required to apply the Hall technique is less than the ART, but treatment with Hall technique may require an additional appointment.