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Abstract
Oral health in communities is changing due to changes in socio-economic
conditions, dietary habits, and education. Oral diseases are considered a
public health problem. This is due to their importance and their impact on
individuals and the society in terms of pain, discomfort, social and
functional limitation. Besides, in rural areas the predominant treatment
option of decayed teeth in those communities is more often a surgical
extraction procedure. Treatment of such a disease needs a lot of efforts and
is not offered to many individuals.
The Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) allows restorative
treatments in locations with no electricity as it does not need the aid of
sophisticated dental equipment. The ART approach involves the excavation
of cavitated carious lesions with hand instruments, then restoring the cavity
and sealing any associated fissures and pits with an adhesive restorative
material Glass ionomer cements (GICs).