Abstract
There is widespread interest in and increasing usage
of the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) technique
or approach for the restoration of primary teeth, especially in developing
countries. However, most of the published reports of
the clinical performance of newer, more-viscous esthetic conventional
glass ionomer restorative cements marketed for the technique
have been from short-term studies, and there have been very
few reports comparing different types of restorative materials
and methods of cavity preparation. After 12 months, Class
II/multisurface and Class III/IV ART restorations have generally
shown success rates of approximately 55-75% and 35-55%,