ACCEPTANCE OF COLORED COMPOMER AND CONVENTIONAL COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS AMONG CHILDREN AND PARENTS: A SPLIT-MOUTH CLINICAL STUDY

Abstract

Introduction: Restoring primary teeth is crucial for a child's overall health, psychosocial development, and the appropriate formation of permanent dentition. Colored compomer considered one of the restoration introduced for restoring primary teeth as it has many advantages like fluoride release and superior bonding to tooth Structures, also Children are frequently encouraged to select colored restorative materials and impressed by the novel materials in their oral cavity. As a result, they are keen on improving their overall oral hygiene and developing a positive attitude towards treatment.

Aim of the study: to evaluate the acceptance of colored compomer and conventional composite restorations among children and their parents.

Materials and Methods: A split-mouth, clinical study was conducted on 73 patients with Class I and II caries at the department of pedodontics and oral health Al Azhar university faculty of dental medicine – boys- Cairo, Egypt. 73 Healthy children aged between 5 and 10 years, who were visiting the outpatient clinic, were selected, selection of the restoration side and restoration order was done using cion toss, for colored restoration it considered group I and for conventional composite it considered group II. After that acceptance, the overall treatment and restoration were done and acceptance was evaluated using a questionnaire at the end of the second visit.

Results: about 95.9% of children  showed positive experience toward the dental visits while thire parents showed 91.8% acceptance for the visits. For the restoration preference, most of the children prefer colored restoration, while the parents prefer the white conventional restorations.

Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that colored compomer restorations showed a higher level of acceptance among children compared with conventional composite restorations. In contrast, parents demonstrated a lower level of acceptance toward the colored materials, while both children and parents reported a positive overall experience with the treatment and dental visit.