caries management for children and young people, strategies at the tooth level Flashcards
what are the strategies for caries in primary teeth
- complete caries removal and restoration
- partial caries removal and restoration
- no caries removal and seal with restoration
- no caries removal and provide prevention alone of make lesion self-cleansing
- extraction, or review with extraction if pain or sepsis develops
what colour is active caries
- active caries is very soft and light brown in colour
- if caries is dark and hard then it is not active
what can you do with occlusal cavitated lesions
- complete caries removal and restoration
- partial caries removal and restoration
- seal caries with Hall crown = can’t seal with fissure sealant
- provide prevention alone
- make lesion self-cleansing and provide prevention
what is a stainless steel crown
- it is a crown that can be used when completely removed caries, partially removed caries or not at all
what is the Hall technique
- when don’t remove any caries at all and just place crown on top
what do you do for approximate, early dentinal lesions
- complete caries removal and restore
- partial caries removal and restore
- seal with Hall crown
- provide prevention alone = only if child won’t allow anything else
what can you do for approximate, advanced lesions
- complete caries removal and restore
- partial caries removal and restore
- seal with Hall technique =preferred technique
- provide prevention alone
- make lesion self-cleansing and provide prevention
what do you do for anterior cavitated lesions
- complete removal and restore
- partial caries removal and restore
- provide prevention alone
what can you do for grossly carious unrestorable teeth
- provide prevention alone
- extraction, or review with extraction if pain or sepsis develops
how do you choose the treatment
- need to choose management options for primary teeth that balance a reduction in the risk of pain or sepsis from the tooth in the future with the child’s ability to accept treatment now
- avoid operative interventions which need LA until child can cope
how do you treat sepsis
- either a pulp therapy or an extraction
- don’t leave sepsis untreated
how do you do complete caries removal and restoration
- give LA before commencing cavity prep as this requires sound dentine to be cut
- gain access to caries using a high-speed handpiece, leaving a wall of enamel to protect adjacent tooth
- remove caries with a slow-speed and excavators
- be aware of pulp chamber and anatomy
- prepare approximate cavity margins with gingival margin trimmers to prevent iatrogenic damage
- place restoration
how to place restoration
- if at risk of pulpal exposure then place an indirect pulp cap
- use a matrix band for good shape
- don’t use conventional GIC = use composite, composer, RMGI, PMC
- material choice depends on the cavity
- no longer legal to use amalgam in children
what treaty is reducing mercury usage
- the Minimata Treaty
who can amalgam not be used in
- primary teeth
- persons under 15
- pregnant or breast-feeding women
what are some restorative option for primary molars
- composite
- compomer = glass ionomer composite hybrid
- stainless steel crowns
- glass ionomer cement = only temporary
- resin modified glass ionomer
what is compomer
- composite glass ionomer hybrid
- polyacid modified composites
- Dyract, Compoglass
- occlusal and 2 surface cavities
- must be light cured
- need good isolation and moist control
what is the best restoration for primary molars
- PMC
what are the indications for a traditional PMC
- > 2 surfaces affected
- extensive 2 surface lesions
- have done a pulpotomy/pulpectomy
- developmental defects = weakness in enamel
- fractured primary molars
- high caries
- imparted OH
- space maintainer