Title

Pain perception and treatment time of chemo mechanical versus conventional caries removal techniques in pediatric dental patients

Authors

Mohd Zeeshan Ahmad¹, Sulakshana Pradeep², Apeksha Ghatge³, Shumayla Khan^4,*, Brij Kumar⁵, Mary Grace⁶ & Pratik Surana⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Rama Dental College Hospital & Research Centre, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India; ³Department of Pharmacology, Yogita Dental College, Khed, Maharashtra, India; ⁴Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, ITS Dental College, Greater Noida 47, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh- 201310, India; ⁵Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences and Research, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India; ⁶Private Practitioner, Pediatric Dentist, Balaam Dental and Medical Clinic, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁷Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Mohd Zeeshan Ahmad - E-mail: askzeeshan9@gmail.com; Phone +91 8197218573

Sulakshana Pradeep - E-mail: drsaanvi20@gmail.com; Phone +91 8123174758

Apeksha Ghatge - E-mail: dr_apekshaghatage@rediffmail.com; Phone +91 9833130161

Shumayla Khan - E-mail: khanshumayla1@gmail.com; Phone +91 7978785581

Brij Kumar - E-mail: brij220787@gmail.com; Phone +91 8827810994

Mary Grace - E-mail: drmarygrace05@gmail.com; Phone +91 7401035221

Pratik Surana - E-mail: suranadrpratik@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8871310111

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026

Abstract

Pain and fear associated with rotary instruments remain a challenge in pediatric caries management. Hence, this randomized controlled clinical trial included 30 children aged 6–10 years requiring restoration in primary mandibular molars. Caries removal was performed using an airotor or Carie-solve, with pain assessed using the verbal pain scale and treatment time recorded using a stopwatch. Carie-solve showed significantly lower pain scores, while the conventional technique required significantly less time (p = 0.0001). Carie-solve may serve as a minimally invasive, child-friendly alternative for caries removal in pediatric patients.

Keywords

Carie-solve, chemo mechanical caries removal, pediatric dentistry

Citation

Ahmad et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2300-2304 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.