Original scientific paper
Survey of Croatian Dentists’ Restorative Treatment Decisions on Approximal Caries Lesions
Anja Baraba
; Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Anić
; Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Sophie Doméjean-Orliaguet
; Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Ivar Espelid
; Department of Pedodontics Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Anne B. Tveit
; Department of Cariology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Abstract
Aim To assess Croatian dentists’ restorative treatment decisions
on approximal caries lesions, including treatment
threshold and restorative methods and materials.
Methods Croatian translation of the questionnaire assessing
restorative treatment decisions on approximal caries,
previously validated and used in Norway and Sweden,
was distributed to a random sample (n = 800) of Croatian
dentists. A total of 307 (38%) dentists answered the questionnaire.
The assessed variables were treatment threshold
for hypothetical approximal caries lesion and the most favored
types of restorative techniques and materials.
Results A third of the respondents (39%, 95% confidence
interval [CI], 34-44%) would intervene for an approximal
caries lesion at the dentin-enamel junction, but a larger
proportion (42%; 95% CI, 36-48%) would treat a caries lesion
confined to the enamel. For restoration of approximal
caries, the majority (66%; 95% CI, 61-71%) would use composite
resin.
Conclusion Croatian dentists tend to restore approximal
caries lesions when the lesions are confined to the enamel
and their development can still be arrested.
Keywords
dental caries; dental treatment; dentists; composite resin; Croatia, questionnaire
Hrčak ID:
66877
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2010.
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