DPBRN Assessment of Caries Diagnosis & Caries Treatment

NCT ID: NCT00526422

Last Updated: 2011-06-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

532 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-02-28

Study Completion Date

2007-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to determine what methods Dental PBRN dentists use for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of dental decay.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this project was to identify methods that Dental Practice-Based Research Network (DPBRN) dentist used to diagnose and treat caries lesions. The aims of the "Assessment of caries diagnosis and caries treatment" study were to: (1) quantify the percentages of DPBRN dentists who reported using selected methods for caries diagnosis; (2) quantify the percentage of DPBRN dentists who reported using a caries-risk assessment protocol of any variety; (3) quantify the percentages of DPBRN dentists who reported intervening surgically at carious states E1, E2, D1, D2, or D3; and (4) test the hypothesis that reported use of a caries-risk assessment protocol was associated with a higher likelihood of reporting use of a preventive program.

The aims were met by enrolling at least 200 DPBRN practitioner-investigators in the study, each of whom completed a 10-page questionnaire about caries diagnosis and treatment assessment. Findings from "Assessment of Caries diagnosis and caries treatment" study will be related to treatment that is actually delivered as determined in "Reasons for placing the first restoration on permanent tooth surfaces" study and "Reasons for replacement or repair of dental restorations" study. This group of three studies will lay a critical foundation for subsequent intervention studies designed to move the latest scientific advances about caries diagnosis and treatment into daily clinical practice.

Conditions

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Dental Caries

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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Dental Preventive

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Practitioner investigators must have been enrolled in DPBRN and do at least some restorative dentistry in their practices.
Minimum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Kaiser Permanente

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Center for Health Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Copenhagen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Gregg H Gilbert, DDS, MBA

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Valeria V. Gordan, DDS, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Florida

Related Links

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http://DPBRN.org

Related Info

Other Identifiers

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101884

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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