DPBRN Reasons for Placing the First Restoration on Permanent Tooth Surfaces
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The purpose of this study was to document the reasons for placing the first restoration ("filling") on a previously un-restored surface in a permanent ("adult") tooth.
Condition |
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Dental Caries |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional |
Official Title: | Reasons for Placing the First Restoration on Permanent Tooth Surfaces |
Enrollment: | 5810 |
Study Start Date: | June 2006 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2008 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
The aims of this study were to (1) quantify DPBRN practitioner-investigators pre-operative and post-operative assessments of the depth of the caries lesion being treated; (2) quantify the prevalence of dental material types used to restore the first restoration in a permanent tooth surface; and (3) test the hypothesis that DPBRN practitioner investigators in the "Assessment of caries diagnosis and caries treatment" study who stated that they wait until the caries lesions reach dentin before they place the first restoration are in fact more likely in this study to do restoration in teeth that have caries reaching into dentin.
The aims were met by enrolling 230 DPBRN practitioner-investigators in the "Reasons for placing the first restoration on permanent tooth surfaces" study, each of whom recorded information about approximately 50 consecutive restorations that they placed on unrestored surfaces. This study about restorative treatment received by patients provided the opportunity to record the variations in the treatment provided, and also provided a basis for subsequent future studies to investigate how defects on fillings develop over time. These results will also be related to the findings from "Assessment of caries diagnosis and caries treatment" study where practitioners outlined how they detected dental decay, the stage at which the decay was treated by placing fillings, and how they rely on preventive measures to stop the decay process without placing fillings.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Practitioner investigators must have been enrolled in the DPBRN, completed the "Assessment of caries diagnosis & caries treatment" study; and do at least some restorative dentistry in their practices. The human subjects directly involved in this study were patients who had sought treatment in the DPBRN practitioners' practices.
Inclusion Criteria:
- participants directly involved in this study were patients who sought dental treatment in the practitioner-investigators' practices
- any tooth surface that was previously unrestored was eligible for this study, provided that it was on a permanent ("adult") tooth. This means that permanent first molars were eligible, which typically erupt at about age 6 years. This means that persons age 6 and older were enrolled in the study and there was no upper age limit.
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Alabama | |
University of Alabama at Birmingham | |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294 | |
United States, Florida | |
University of Florida College of Dentistry | |
Gainesville, Florida, United States | |
United States, Minnesota | |
Health Partners Dental Group | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |
Health Partners Research Foundation | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |
United States, Oregon | |
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research | |
Portland, Oregon, United States | |
Permanente Denrtal Associates | |
Portland, Oregon, United States | |
Denmark | |
University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College | |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Study Chair: | Gregg H. Gilbert, DDS, MBA | Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
Principal Investigator: | Valeria V. Gordan, DDS, MS, MSCI | Dental Practice-Based Research Network |
Additional Information:
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Gregg H. Gilbert, DDS, MBA, Study Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00847470 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 101883 |
Study First Received: | February 17, 2009 |
Last Updated: | June 14, 2011 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Dental Practice-Based Research Network:
Dental caries Assessments dental materials |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dental Caries Tooth Demineralization Tooth Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 26, 2012