Research proposal: quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the ART in infants

ABSTRACT

The accomplishment of the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach during the early childhood may represent a remarkably less traumatic and less expensive therapeutic choice. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mothers' perceptions about the ART technique in the oral health/disease process of their children diagnosed with Early Childhood Caries (ECC), and to evaluate the clinical performance of the atraumatic restorations placed in these children at six-, twelve- and twenty-four-month intervals.

RESUMO

O emprego do Tratamento Restaurador Atraumático (TRA) durante a primeira infância pode representar uma escolha terapêutica menos traumática e menos dispendiosa. Esta pesquisa propõe investigar a percepção das mães sobre o TRA no processo saúde/doença bucal de seus filhos portadores de Cárie Precoce da infância (ECC), e avaliar o comportamento clínico destas restaurações, após períodos de seis, doze e vinte e quatro meses.