HALL'S TECHNIQUE - A SHORT STUDY

2. Presented By:
(2nd year Post-Graduate Student)
Department of Pedodontics And Preventive dentistry
Dr. Syamala Reddy Dental College,Hospital and
Research Center.

3. Dental decay : Major health problem
 In India 52% of 5-year-olds
have atleast one decayed
primary molar tooth.
 Several methods available:
 Pit and fissure sealants,
 conventional restorative techniques using
Amalgam,
Composite or
Compomer

4. Hall’s Technique is
a novel method of
managing carious
primary molars by
cementing
Preformed Metal
Crowns over them.

5. The technique does not require
local anaesthesia, caries removal
or any tooth preparation.

7. CARIES
Tooth
Time
Micro-
organisms
Food

8. Hall’s
Technique
Seal the
tooth
Manipulates
the plaque’s
environment
Separating it
from
substrates
Basically the
NUTRITION
Bacterial profille in
caries changes
lesion
will not
progress

9. A General dental
practitioner from
Scotland, who
developed and
used the
technique for over
15 years until she
retired in 2006

10. Carious
lesions
extending
only till
Dentine

11. Very
incipient
lesions

12. Grossly decayed teeth
Teeth with Irreversible
Pulpal Involvement
Pulp
polyps

13. “To determine the efficacy
of the Hall’s technique in
the management of
carious primary molars with
caries extending only to
dentine.”

14. Study design:
3 year study
( Department of Pedodontics And Preventive dentistry
Dr. Syamala Reddy Dental College, Hospital and Research
Center.)
300+ children
5-9 years of age
Carious primary molars with caries
extending only to dentine.

15.  Parental consent was taken before the commencement
of the study.
were placed using
 Follow up was done by :
o Questionnaire given to the parents
o Visual analogue scale given to the patients.

16. “Quick and easy"
“No Drills"
“Comfortable"
“Less Stress"
“No Needles"

21. 230 patients
were
HAPPY with
the
technique
24 parents
objected on
ESTHETICS
39 complaint
of
DISCOMFORT
7 came with the
DISPLACEMENT
of the crown

22. A MINIMAL
INTERVENTION and
CHILD FRIENDLY
approach of managing the
carious primary molar.

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Art. No.: CD005512. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD00512.pub2.
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