Steffen Mickenautsch, Jo E. Frencken and Martin A. Van't Hof, Atraumatic Restorative Treatment and Dental Anxiety in Outpatients Attending Public Oral Health Clinics in South Africa, Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 67, 3, (179-184), (2007). Discomfort Evaluation During Atraumatic Restorative Treatment in Children. Discomfort Evaluation During Atraumatic Restorative Treatment in Children- Clinical Trial: Caries removal using only manual instruments according to Atraumatic Restorative Treatment. Management of Advanced Caries. Control anxiety, conserve resources, repair and preserve teeth esthetically. Nels Ewoldsen, DDS, MSD. Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) relies on manual, non-rotary excavation of caries, reducing—if not eliminating—the need for anesthesia and rotary or other expensive equipment for cavity preparation. satisfaction of the use of the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment approach for people with disability Abstract: Unmet caries treatment need is prevalent among people anxiety.8,9,10 Unpleasant stimuli, such as the injection of local anaesthesia, or the noise and vibration of Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) was developed in the 1980s but embodies all the principles of an alternative philosophy of dental care that was ultimately to become known as minimal (or OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that dental anxiety levels of children treated in accordance with the conventional restorative treatment (CRT) are higher than in children treated with the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) or ultra-conservative treatment (UCT) protocols. minimize% the% loss%of%dental% structure.% Inside% the% philosophy% of% minimally% invasive% Restorative% Dentistry% appears% the% need% to% develop%a%technique%which Atraumatic restorative treatment is a method of minimal caries intervention that uses only hand instruments. Over the anxiety and durability of restoration was assessed. Naganandini S. et al.: Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for