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Collegium antropologicum, Vol. 36 No. 4, 2012.

Original scientific paper

Restorative Treatment Decisions of Croatian University Teachers

Anja Baraba ; University of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Zagreb, Croatia
Sophie Doméjean ; University of Auvergne, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Operative Dentistry, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Hrvoje Juric orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-8706 ; University of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivar Espelid ; University of Oslo, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics, Oslo, Norway
Anne B. Tveit ; University of Oslo, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Cariology, Oslo, Norway
Ivica Anic ; University of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

This study aimed to identify differences in diagnostic criteria and restorative treatment among Croatian university teachers. The questionnaire was distributed to 120 Croatian university teachers in Zagreb and Rijeka. Responses were collected from 59 (49.2%) university teachers. Treatment thresholds for hypothetical approximal and occlusal caries, as well as most favored types of restorative techniques and materials were assessed. The majority (34%) of the respondents would intervene for an approximal caries lesion at the enamel-dentin junction. The leading strategy for occlusal caries
was postponing operative treatment until the caries lesion was in the outer third of dentin and removing caries tissue only. Composite resin was the predominant material of choice for restoration of approximal and occlusal caries (70% and 81% respectively). More than half (54%) of Croatian university teachers believed the radiographs underestimated the depth of the caries lesion compared with clinical finding. Findings of this study should be a guideline for Croatian university teachers for a more consistent and modern teaching on the subject of caries management.

Keywords

dental caries; dental treatment; university teachers

Hrčak ID:

94900

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94900

Publication date:

27.12.2012.

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