Assessing the Acceptability of Less Invasive Caries Removal Techniques for treating Deep Carious Lesions: A Conjoint Survey among Dentists Practicing in a Midwestern American State
| dc.contributor.author | Paula Ortega-Verdugo | |
| dc.contributor.author | John J. Warren | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gary J. Gaeth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Knute Carter | |
| dc.contributor.author | Elham Kateeb | |
| dc.contributor.author | Justine L. Kolker | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dan M. Shane | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-24T06:40:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-24T06:40:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-09-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study identified factors that influence dentists’ decisions regarding less invasive caries removal techniques such as stepwise removal (SW) and selective removal (SE) using a marketing research technique, conjoint analysis. A survey was sent to 1,434 dentists practicing in Iowa. Dentists were ran-domly assigned to receive a questionnaire to rate the like-lihood they would use either SW/SE in hypothetical clinical scenarios. The scenarios were carefully created by conjoint design and included three relevant attributes: depth of lesion, hardness of carious dentin, and patient age. Descriptive and conjoint analyses were performed to assess trade-offs be-tween these attributes, using SPSS. The study revealed that depth of lesion was the most important factor in the dentists’ decisions (49 importance value) when choosing a SW to treat a deep carious lesion, followed by hardness of carious dentin and patient age (21 importance value). For the SE group, depth of the lesion was also the predominant factor when selecting a treatment. The study also identified that a high proportion of dentists (24.9%) indicated they would never consider using SW or SE under any circumstances. Our survey showed that depth of lesion was the most important reason to select a less invasive caries removal method. The high proportion of dentists indicating they would never consider selective caries removal (SE) techniques suggests that these less invasive options are underutilized. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank the Iowa Dentist Tracking System (IDTS), maintained by the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, that provided a list of all practicing dentists in Iowa. Also, we greatly thank Dr. Manuel Gomez (Clinical Associate Professor of Endodontics, University of Iowa) for sharing with us his expertise in endodontics. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.alquds.edu/handle/20.500.12213/9273 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Assessing the Acceptability of Less Invasive Caries Removal Techniques for treating Deep Carious Lesions: A Conjoint Survey among Dentists Practicing in a Midwestern American State | |
| dc.type | Article |