Welbury R R
University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
Br Dent J. 2017 Mar 24;222(6):421-422. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.262.
Dental caries in early childhood can have a very significant effect not only on the oral health of young children but on their quality of life and that of their families. Added to this are the long-term infective risks to the host of untreated caries in primary teeth but also the risk of damage to successor permanent teeth. Traditional restoration of damaged primary teeth has been shown to have only moderate outcomes depending on the techniques and materials used and the ability of children to cooperate because of age or other factors. The Hall technique has outperformed other techniques in randomised clinical trials. In this Opinion Article I will take a look back at the Innes et al. paper, first published in this Journal in 2006, that introduced the Hall Technique and the subsequent scientific literature which provided us with high quality scientific evidence of the efficacy of the technique. I will evaluate how this new technique has affected the management of early childhood caries and hence its influence on wider oral and general health.
幼儿龋齿不仅会对幼儿的口腔健康产生非常重大的影响，还会影响他们及其家庭的生活质量。除此之外，乳牙未经治疗的龋齿会给宿主带来长期感染风险，同时也存在后继恒牙受损的风险。传统的乳牙修复方法根据所使用的技术、材料以及儿童因年龄或其他因素而配合的能力，其效果仅为中等。在随机临床试验中，霍尔技术已超越其他技术。在这篇观点文章中，我将回顾英尼斯等人于2006年首次发表在本杂志上介绍霍尔技术的论文，以及随后为我们提供该技术疗效高质量科学证据的科学文献。我将评估这项新技术如何影响幼儿龋齿的治疗，进而评估其对更广泛的口腔和整体健康的影响。
