Sealants and dental caries: insight into dentists' behaviors regarding implementation of clinical practice recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The authors conducted a qualitative study of private-practice dentists in their offices by using vignette-based interviews to assess barriers to the use of evidence-based clinical recommendations in the treatment of noncavitated carious lesions.

Methods

The authors recruited 22 dentists as a convenience sample and presented them with two patient vignettes involving noncavitated carious lesions. Interviewers asked participants to articulate their thought processes as they described treatment recommendations. Participants compared their treatment plans with the American Dental Association's recommendations for sealing noncavitated carious lesions, and they described barriers to implementing these recommendations in their practices. The authors recorded and transcrib

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3676186 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature