Cost-effectiveness of child caries management: a randomised controlled trial (FiCTION trial).

ABSTRACT:

Background

A three-arm parallel group, randomised controlled trial set in general dental practices in England, Scotland, and Wales was undertaken to evaluate three strategies to manage dental caries in primary teeth. Children, with at least one primary molar with caries into dentine, were randomised to receive Conventional with best practice prevention (C + P), Biological with best practice prevention (B + P), or best practice Prevention Alone (PA).

Methods

Data on costs were collected via case report forms completed by clinical staff at every visit. The co-primary outcomes were incidence of, and number of episodes of, dental pain and/or infection avoided. The three strategies were ranked in order of mean cost and a more costly strategy was compared with a less costly strate

SUBMITTER: Homer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011536 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature