Question 46 (part 2) · LDEK · Restorative treatment of primary teeth

Choose correct statements regarding the Hall technique:

1) operative method for using preformed metal (also known as stainless steel) crowns to manage carious primary molar teeth
2) it is based on a hypothesis, that the carious process may be halted by isolating the carious bacteria colonizing the tooth tissue from oral cavity;
3) it can be used in treatment of noncavitated lesions, such as incipient caries;
4) prefabricated steel crown is mounted without removing the carious changed tissue first, with the use of glass-ionomer cement;
5) it is used foremost for restoration a tooth after pulp amputation.
Correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,3.
  2. B. 2,3.
  3. C. 2,3,4.
  4. D. 2,3,4,5.
  5. E. 1,4,5.
Hint

Recall how a Hall crown is placed: is the tooth prepared, is caries removed, is local anaesthesia given?

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