KAP of Dental Practitioners Regarding CRA
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Caries,Dental, Tooth Decay, Tooth Diseases. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Dental Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) in Cairo and Riyadh Regarding Caries Risk Assessment and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study
Overview
The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management.
Detailed description
Dental caries is a preventable major public health disease affecting people of all ages and substantially impacting overall health. Caries remain the single most common chronic childhood disease. Dental caries is a dynamic and complex process. Several variables influence the occurrence of dental caries, including oral flora, saliva flow and composition, and lifestyle. Dental caries development can be primary (new carious lesion) or secondary (lesion progression or reactivated carious lesions).
There has been much progress over the past several decades in the prevention of dental caries, shifting from the management of dental caries from a "surgical approach" to a "medical prevention strategy", based on a better understanding of the caries disease process.
Caries Risk Assessment (CRA) is a significant part of successfully applying the minimum intervention dentistry philosophy in managing dental caries. As recommended by AAPD, Dental caries-risk assessment should be a routine component of new and periodic examinations by oral health and medical providers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management.
Benefits to Practitioner:
* Increasing awareness of the importance of CRA practices. * Implementing a positive attitude regarding CRA and management. * Improve practices toward CRA
Benefits to Patient:
* Increasing the awareness and knowledge of early caries prevention by dentists. * Increasing awareness about Caries Risk Assessment and management.
Benefits to Community:
• Increasing the knowledge and awareness of the community regarding preventive dentistry and the importance of primary prevention
Primary outcome measures
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dental Practitioners in Cairo and Riyadah [Time frame: 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists.
Exclusion criteria
- Undergraduate dental students
- Dental specialists
- Dentists who refused to participate
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05792215 · KAP Regarding CRA