Deep caries removal strategies: Findings from The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Caries Consensus Collaboration (ICCC) has published recommendations on carious tissue removal to treat cavitated carious lesions in a manner that preserves hard tissue and retains teeth long term. This study quantifies The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network dentists' use of selective caries removal.

Methods

This cross-sectional questionnaire study assessed reported use of selective caries removal when treating deep caries in asymptomatic and symptomatic teeth in response to clinical case scenarios. Statistical methods included the proportion of respondents concordant with ICCC guidelines at various thresholds and logistic regression to model factors associated with concordance.

Results

A total of 500 dentists responded. The st

SUBMITTER: Jurasic MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787323 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature