Journal article
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
Caries research, Vol.57(3), pp.243-254
11/2023
DOI: 10.1159/000533658
PMID: 37699363
Abstract
Background: 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. Methods: A survey was sent to 1,434 dentists practicing in Iowa. Dentists were randomly assigned to receive a questionnaire to rate the likelihood 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 analysis were performed to assess trade-offs between these attributes, using SPSS Results: The study revealed that depth of lesion was the most important factor in dentists’ decisions (49 importance value) when choosing a SW to treat a deep carious lesion (DCL), 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. Conclusions: 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 techniques suggests that these less invasive options are underutilized.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- 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
- Creators
- Paula Ortega-Verdugo - University of California, Los AngelesJohn J Warren - University of IowaGary J Gaeth - University of IowaKnute Carter - University of IowaElham Kateeb - Al-Quds UniversityJustine L Kolker - University of IowaDan M Shane - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Caries research, Vol.57(3), pp.243-254
- DOI
- 10.1159/000533658
- PMID
- 37699363
- NLM abbreviation
- Caries Res
- ISSN
- 0008-6568
- eISSN
- 1421-976X
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 09/12/2023
- Date published
- 11/2023
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Marketing; Health Management and Policy; Economics; Biostatistics; Operative Dentistry; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984464514902771
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