Paediatric & MIH Randomised controlled trial ✓ Peer reviewed

Comparative clinical performance of stainless steel crowns placed using conventional, hall, and modified Hall techniques in carious primary molars: A three-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial.

Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry · Akshaydeep KA, Goyal V, Goyal P, Shaveta, Kaur G, Thakur D · 2026-09-01

Researchers compared three techniques for placing stainless steel crowns on extensively decayed primary molars in 90 children and found all three methods achieved similarly high success rates with no significant differences in crown retention, gingival health, plaque, discomfort, or parental satisfaction over six months.

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