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 .
Child oral health-related quality of life and early childhood caries: a non-inferiority randomized control trial.
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare changes in  child oral health-related quality of life ( COHRQoL ) after treatment for early childhood caries ( ECC ) using two alternative treatment approaches . METHODS A r and omized control trial with r and om allocation of parent/child dyads with ECC to test ( minimum intervention ) or control ( st and ard care ) .  Participating parents completed the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale ( ECOHIS ) at baseline and follow-up . Changes in ECOHIS scores and extent of COHRQoL impacts between and within groups were tested using the chi-squared statistic for groups , Wilcoxon 's rank-sum test , and matched-pairs signed-rank test . RESULTS Two hundred and fifty-four children were r and omized ( test = 127 ; control = 127 ) . At baseline ,  mean ECOHIS  score 11.1 , sd 8.2 ; mean age = 3.8 years , sd 0.90 ; mean dmft = 4.9 , sd 4.0 ; and 59 % male . After a mean interval of 11.4 months , 210 children were followed-up and returned a completed question naire ( test = 111 ; control = 99 ) . There was no significant difference in COHRQoL changes between test and control . For all the children combined , there were significantly fewer impacts at follow-up in the child and family domains and the total ECOHIS , Wilcoxon signed-rank test , p < 0.05 . CONCLUSIONS COHRQoL improved with primary dental care for ECC , and there was no statistically significant difference between test and control in the extent of the improvement
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 .