Atraumatic Restorative Treatment: Minimally Invasive Technique for Caries Injuries in Early Childhood

Abstract

Dental caries is a multifactorial disease still prevalent today, although there are methods of treatment and prevention for it. It is perpetuated causing several impacts on people's lives, mainly on children, causing discomfort and pain, due to the different etiological factors of the disease. Infant patients are frequently affected, as the consumption of a cariogenic diet and poor hygiene contribute to the development of the disease. To prepare this work, scientific articles were used in digital format and books that are references in the area covered. Thinking of an effective and less traumatic way for the treatment of caries in pediatric pediatric patients, this work aims at a less invasive and more efficient intervention approach for caries in early childhood, suggesting the use of glass ionomer cement as the main material restorer in atraumatic restorative technique (ART), a treatment alternative that stands out for not using the instrumental rotator and that can be both inside the dental office and outside it, taking into account the social history, preservation of the dental structure, the accessibility of cost and psychological comfort to child patients. Although ART is a minimally invasive technique of enormous acceptance, efficacy, and great use in dentistry, in order to achieve a better result, scientific knowledge on the part of the dentist is required when applying the technique associated with the properties of the ionomer restorative material of glass.