Naslov
Croatian dentists restorative treatment decisions on occlusal and approximal caries

Autori
Miletić, Ivana ; Baraba, Anja ; Doméjean-Orliagust, Sophie ; Espelid, Ivar ; Tveit, Anne B. ; Anić, Ivica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the 56th Annual ORCA Congress ; u: Caries research 43 (2009) (3) 179-244 ; Session 7 : Clinical Studies ; Abstr. 140 / Shellis, R.P. - Basel : Reinhardt Druck, 2009, 229-229

Skup
Annual ORCA Congress (56 ; 2009)

Mjesto i datum
Budimpešta, Mađarska, 01.07.2009. - 04.07.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
caries; threshold; remineralization

Sažetak
Little is known about caries diagnostic thresholds and restorative treatment strategies among Croatian dentists and this study aimed to identify differences in their diagnostic criteria and restorative treatment. The questionnaire of Espelid et al., translated into Croatian, was distributed to a random sample (n=800) of Croatian dentists working in public dental health services and private practices. Responses were collected from 307 (38.4%) dentists. Treatment thresholds for hypothetical approximal and occlusal caries, as well as most favoured types of restorative techniques and materials were assessed. 39% of the respondents would intervene for an approximal carious lesion at the dentin-enamel junction, but the majority (43%) would treat a carious lesion confined to the enamel. For occlusal carious lesion, 69% of dentists would wait until the lesion was in the outer third of dentin for operative treatment and the preferred type of preparation for 78% was preparation limited to the carious lesion. Croatian dentists tend to restore the approximal carious lesions at an early stage, when the lesion is confined to enamel and can still be remineralized.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina

Napomena
DOI:10.1159/000213889

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