Children's discomfort may vary among different treatments for initial approximal caries lesions: preliminary findings of a randomized controlled clinical trial.

BACKGROUND

Longer and more complex dental procedures could negatively affect patient's acceptability of minimal invasive techniques.

AIMS AND METHODS

Therefore, this short communication aims to show the preliminary findings regarding children's discomfort reported after some minimal invasive treatments in treating initial caries lesions on approximal surfaces: flossing instruction, silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application and caries resin infiltration.

RESULTS

Children allocated in the infiltration group showed higher levels of discomfort than those in the SDF and control groups.

CONCLUSIONS

These findings suggest that the simplest interventions for approximal initial caries lesions cause less discomfort for children and should be applied where possible.