Journal article
Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) in Pediatric Dentistry Residency Programs: A Survey of Program Directors
Pediatric dentistry, Vol.35(7), pp.500-505
11/01/2013
PMID: 24553271
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of clinical training on atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) among pediatric dentistry residency programs and assess program directors' attitudes toward ART Methods: All U.S. Pediatric Dentistry residency programs' directors were asked to complete a web-based survey Sixty-one of the 76 directors (80 percent) completed the survey, with no significant response bias. Results: Eighty-nine percent of the responding programs provided clinical instruction on ART Of these, 30 percent provided ART training often/very often. ART was used mostly in single-surface cavities (43 percent) and as an interim treatment in primary teeth (57 percent). Factors associated with ART clinical training included not placing amalgams in primary teeth (P<.03) and having directors with positive attitudes toward ART (P<.001). Factors associated with directors' positive attitudes included believing that child's caries risk (P<.006), professional guidelines (P<.003), and patient insurance status (P<.04) were all important in selecting restorative treatment. Conclusions: Atraumatic restorative therapy appears to be underused in pediatric dentistry residency programs in the United States. Residency directors' attitudes were highly predictive of the amount of clinical training provided, suggesting that directors need to be better informed about the use of ART.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) in Pediatric Dentistry Residency Programs: A Survey of Program Directors
- Creators
- Elham Kateeb - Al-Quds UniversityJohn Warren - Univ Iowa, Dept Community & Prevent Dent, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAPeter Damiano - Univ Iowa, Dept Community & Prevent Dent, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAElizabeth Momany - Univ Iowa, Publ Policy Ctr, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAMichael Kanellis - Univ Iowa, Dept Pediat Dent, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKarin Weber-Gasparoni - Univ Iowa, Dept Pediat Dent, Iowa City, IA 52242 USATim Ansley - Univ Iowa, Dept Psychol & Quantitat Fdn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric dentistry, Vol.35(7), pp.500-505
- PMID
- 24553271
- NLM abbreviation
- Pediatr Dent
- ISSN
- 0164-1263
- eISSN
- 1942-5473
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Health Management and Policy; Dental Clinic Administration; Pediatric Dentistry; Public Policy Center (Archive); Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; University College Courses; Oral Health Policy Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984283707102771
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