c belt clamp The use of minimal invasive dentistry and attention to patient comfort is of utmost importance especially for the school children and anxious and uncooperative patients.This demanded the newer patient friendly technique in dentistry amongst which is the Chemo mechanical caries removal (CMCR).CMCR involves the selective caries removal of carious dentine.As only the carious dentine is removed the painful removal of sound dentine is avoided and the anxiety due to the vibration of the handpiece is also reduced thus it appears to be more comfortable to the patient.CMCR although more prolonged procedure, is effective in caries removal.
Thus CMCR is an effective alternate Feather Duster method for caries removal; it is more conservative and appears to be more comfortable for the patients.