Clinical evaluation of a chemomechanical method for caries removal in children and adolescents

Abstract

The chemomechanical caries removal technique is an adequate alternative to the conventional rotary instruments method and is advantageous in pediatric dentistry.

A comparative clinical study of various methods of caries removal in children

“…This was comparable with the treatment time found in the present study. In another study done by Maragakis et al (2001) in which the time required for caries removal by air-motor was 11.8 ± 3.4 s and that by Carisolv was 411 ± 157.2 s. Other studies by Nadanovsky et al (2001), Fure et al (2000), Bergmann et al (2005), Lozano-Chourio et al (2006 and Peric et al (2009) also found the Carisolv method to be more time consuming than drilling.…”

“…Similar results have been observed in the study of Ericson et al (1999) where the completeness of caries removal was judged by the use of a sharp explorer, air-rotor had shown the greatest efficacy in removal of caries. Other studies by Fure et al (2000), Bergmann et al (2005), Lozano-Chourio et al (2006) and Peric et al (2009) and compared the efficacy of caries removal by airrotor and Carisolv by the use of explorer and concluded that Carisolv was an equally effective method for caries removal as the air-rotor method.…”

Comparison of Carisolv system vs traditional rotating instruments for caries removal in the primary dentition: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…From the selected studies, two were conducted in India [9,21], one in Venezuela [18], two in Greece [10,22], one in Lithuania [16], one in Serbia [15], one in Sweden [14], one in the US [23] and one in both Denmark and Portugal [17]. Two of the papers reported data from multi-center (Sweden; Denmark and Portugal) studies.…”

“…Few in vivo studies evaluate Carisolv Ò efficacy: the results seem to support the reliability of the chemo mechanical caries removal [9,10,[14][15][16][17][18].…”

Current update of chemomechanical caries removal methods

“…10,17,18,21 The patient satisfaction rates of Carisolv use ranged between 70% to 90%, 25,71-73 and also showed marked reduction for the need for local anaesthesia. 74 However, some studies have reported negative feedback with regard to the unpleasant taste and odour of Carisolv. 27,49,75 Several studies have evaluated the pain response and patient satisfaction rate after Papacarie treatment.…”