June, 2005, Vol. 7, No. 2
CONTENTS
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the mandibular angle fracture treatment methods
35 - 39
Chemomechanical caries removal for children
40 - 44
The response of peripheral blood neutrophils unstimulated and stimulated by prodigiosan to smoking
48 - 51
Effectiveness evaluation of different suction systems
52 - 57
Dietary and oral hygiene habits in children with type I Diabetes Mellitus related to dental caries
58 - 62
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Stomatologija 2005; 7 (2): 40-44 
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Chemomechanical Caries Removal for Children
Irena Balčiunienė, Rūta Sabalaitė, Inga Juškienė
Summary
Pain is still an actual problem in dentistry, and a usage of anaesthetics can be still limited, so new ways of caries treatment are still being searched in order to ease this process both to a patient and a doctor. Efficiency of chemomechanical tooth treatment to children was studied. 30 children within two age groups of 3-6 and 7-13 years took part in this research, and their teeth with caries were treated in two different ways - chemomechanical and traditional. Teeth with the same class of cavities were treated. There are presented records about the need of anaesthetics' usage, cleaning duration and patients' complaints in this study. Results show that chemomechanical treatment could be as effective as traditional one, causes less pain and lowers the need for anaesthetics. There was noticed less removal of solid tissue cleaning carious cavity.
Key words: dental caries, chemomechanical caries removal, anaesthesia.
Received: 18 04 2005
Accepted for publishing: 20 06 2005
*Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University.
Irena Balčiunienė* - D.D.S., PhD, Hab.Dr., Professor, Director of Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University.
Rūta Sabalaitė* - D.D.S., PhD student.
Inga Juškienė* - D.D.S., PhD student.
Address correspondence to Irena Balčiunienė, Institute of Odontology, Zalgirio 115, Vilnius 08217, Lithuania.