CTRI007332.

Trial name or title	Comparison of efficacy and acceptability of caries removal methods ‐ a randomized controlled clinical trial
Methods	Design: RCT Country: India
Participants	Inclusion criteria School children aged 5‐9 years and who are willing to participate in the study, with consent form signed by parents Children with ≥ 1 open occlusal carious lesions of primary teeth on different quadrants Exclusion criteria Children who are not co‐operative and not willing to participate in the study Teeth with deep carious lesions involving pulp Teeth with proximal carious lesions Teeth with clinical signs and symptoms of pulpal and periapical lesions Children with presence of any systemic illness
Interventions	The study has three arms Group 1: ART Group 2: CT Group 3: chemomechanical caries removal methods
Outcomes	Primary outcomes Acceptability Efficacy Secondary outcomes Pain Time taken
Starting date	December 2015
Contact information	DR SS Hiremath, hiremath29@gmail.com
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