5-Second fillings: could a quicker cure save Kids' teeth and time?
NCT ID NCT07212660
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two methods of hardening a tooth-colored filling material in children's baby molars. One method uses a fast 5-second light, the other a standard longer light. Researchers want to see if the fast method works just as well and is as safe over 12 months. About 70 children with cavities in two different baby molars will take part.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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4 to 9 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Consent of a legal representative (usually parents) * 2 deciduous molars in the need of direct filling therapy class I and/or II in different quadrants (primary or secondary caries, filling loss) * Classification of caries: caries of all sizes in deciduous molars are included unless they can be treated with fissure sealing (ICDAS 3, 4, 5) * Sufficient language skills of legal representative and children * Teeth in the need of indirect pulp capping if necessary (Operator decision) Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment not age-appropriate * Sensitive tooth (pain at night, irritation-persistent pain, buccal swelling, percussion sensitivity) * Teeth with severely resorbed roots (anormal tooth mobility) * Direct pulp capping * Pulpotomy of an adjacent tooth in the same appointment * Noncompliant child * Allergies to material or anaesthetics used in the study * Sufficient isolation not possible
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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N|DENT Zahnarztpraxis
RECRUITINGHerzogenbuchsee, Canton of Bern, 3360, Switzerland
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Zahnarztpraxis Chrüzhof
RECRUITINGWillisau, Canton of Lucerne, 6130, Switzerland
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