Regarding pain , there was a trend for treatments without rotary instruments and local anesthesia to be less frequently reported as painful .
No statistical difference was found intragroup nor among treatments for OHRQoL. CONCLUSIONS Anxiety and pain are directly related with more invasive restorative treatments .
On the other h and , quality of life is not improved regardless of the restorative technique used .
BACKGROUND Despite the increasing number of studies evaluating patient reported outcome measures ( PROs ) , there is no clearness regarding which restorative treatment offers major benefits based on the pediatric patient perspective .
AIM To compare different restorative techniques in pediatric dentistry regarding patient-reported outcomes .
Minimal intervention dentistry for early childhood caries and child dental anxiety: a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND To compare changes in  child dental anxiety  after  treatment for early childhood caries ( ECC ) using two treatment approaches . METHODS Children with ECC were r and omized to test ( atraumatic restorative treatment (ART)-based approach ) or control ( st and ard care approach ) groups . Children aged 3 years or older completed a dental anxiety scale at baseline and follow up . Changes in child dental anxiety from baseline to follow up were tested using the chi-squared statistic , Wilcoxon rank sum test , McNemar 's test and multinomial logistic regression . RESULTS Two hundred and fifty-four children were r and omized ( N = 127 test , N = 127 control ) . At baseline , 193 children completed the dental anxiety scale , 211 at follow up and 170 completed the scale on both occasions . Children who were anxious at baseline ( 11 % ) were no longer anxious at follow up , and 11 % non-anxious children became anxious . Multinomial logistic regression found each increment in the number of visits increased the odds of worsening dental anxiety ( odds ratio ( OR ) , 2.2 ; P < 0.05 ) , whereas each increment in the number of treatments lowered the odds of worsening anxiety ( OR , 0.50 ; P = 0.05 ) . CONCLUSIONS The ART-based approach to managing ECC result ed in similar levels of dental anxiety to the st and ard treatment approach and provides a valuable alternative approach to the management of ECC in a primary dental care setting
Regarding pain , there was a trend for treatments without rotary instruments and local anesthesia to be less frequently reported as painful .
No statistical difference was found intragroup nor among treatments for OHRQoL. CONCLUSIONS Anxiety and pain are directly related with more invasive restorative treatments .
On the other h and , quality of life is not improved regardless of the restorative technique used .
BACKGROUND Despite the increasing number of studies evaluating patient reported outcome measures ( PROs ) , there is no clearness regarding which restorative treatment offers major benefits based on the pediatric patient perspective .
AIM To compare different restorative techniques in pediatric dentistry regarding patient-reported outcomes .