Patient recruitment
carious lesions, dentine, caries
CARIES, CARIES
Two hundred and fifty children were assessed for eligibility at the outpatient clinics of the Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, from March 2022 to November 2022.Two hundred children with radiographic findings of pulp furcation, periapical pathosis and proximal caries evidenced on bitewing radiographs were excluded from the study, and 50 children of both genders aged 5–8 years who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. Children selected for this study were those with open carious lesions with dentine involvement, but did not reach the pulp (scores five or six, according to the International Caries Detection and Assessment System [ICDAS] [Informed consent from the parents and/or legal guardians, as well as the children’s acceptance of participating in the study, were obtained. Patients and their parents were informed that the procedure would be videotaped to document their level of comfort.