The views and experiences of general dental practitioners (GDP's) in West Yorkshire who used the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) in research.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore, through face to face interviews with a selection of General Dental Practitioners (GDPs), their views and experiences of having used the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) within primary care research studies for recording caries.

Methods

This qualitative study involved one on one interviews with eight GDP's who had previously used ICDAS on patients in their dental practices as part of a research study. The participants were selected from among those who had taken part in two clinical studies in the UK using convenient, but purposive sampling. The interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed; the data analysis was conducted by thematic analysis.

Results

GDP's indicated their beliefs that ICDAS had an important role in ca

SUBMITTER: Khattak MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777823 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature