Evidence-practice gap for dental sealant application: results from a dental practice-based research network in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study aims were: (i) to examine dentist practice patterns regarding treatment recommendations for dental sealants; and (ii) to identify characteristics associated with this recommendation.

Methods

The study was performed using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey (Clinicaltrials.gov registration number NCT01680848). Participants were Japanese dentists (n = 282) recruited from the Dental Practice-based Research Network Japan. Three clinical photographs of the occlusal surface of a mandibular first molar were presented, portraying increasing depths of cavitation in a 12-year-old patient with high caries risk. Sealants would be an appropriate treatment in all three scenarios. We asked about the treatment decision for each case. We then performed multiple logistic

SUBMITTER: Yokoyama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123922 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature