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The Hall Technique 10 years on: Questions and answers

Overview of attention for article published in British Dental Journal, March 2017
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Title
The Hall Technique 10 years on: Questions and answers
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British Dental Journal, March 2017
DOI 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.273
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N. P. T. Innes, D. J. P. Evans, C. C. Bonifacio, M. Geneser, D. Hesse, M. Heimer, M. Kanellis, V. Machiulskiene, J. Narbutaité, I. C. Olegário, A. Owais, M. P. Araujo, D. P. Raggio, C. Splieth, E. van Amerongen, K. Weber-Gasparoni, R. M. Santamaria

Abstract

It is ten years since the first paper on the Hall Technique was published in the British Dental Journal and almost 20 years since the technique first came to notice. Dr Norna Hall a (now retired) general dental practitioner from the north of Scotland had, for many years, been managing carious primary molar teeth by cementing preformed metal crowns over them, with no local anaesthesia, tooth preparation or carious tissue removal. This first report, a retrospective analysis of Dr Hall's treatments, caused controversy. How could simply sealing a carious lesion, with all the associated bacteria and decayed tissues, possibly be clinically successful? Since then, growing understanding that caries is essentially a biofilm driven disease rather than an infectious disease, explains why the Hall Technique, and other 'sealing in' carious lesion techniques, are successful. The intervening ten years has seen robust evidence from several randomised control trials that are either completed or underway. These have found the Hall Technique superior to comparator treatments, with success rates (no pain or infection) of 99% (UK study) and 100% (Germany) at one year, 98% and 93% over two years (UK and Germany) and 97% over five years (UK). The Hall Technique is now regarded as one of several biological management options for carious lesions in primary molars. This paper covers commonly asked questions about the Hall Technique and speculates on what lies ahead.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Saudi Arabia 1 <1%
Unknown 181 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 12%
Student > Bachelor 19 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 9%
Student > Postgraduate 14 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 5%
Other 29 16%
Unknown 73 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 89 49%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 1%
Materials Science 2 1%
Other 5 3%
Unknown 75 41%
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