Dental practices related to risk assessment, caries diagnosis and caries treatment in Araraquara, SP, Brazil

• Grant number: 12/10397-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: April 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Social and Preventive Dentistry
• Principal Investigator: Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro
• Grantee: Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOAr). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the dental practice patterns related to risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment of dental caries in dentists working in private practice and/or public service in the city of Araraquara, SP. This is an observational cross-sectional study with data collected through semi-structured self-administered questionnaires. The population comprised by the study includes all dentists (n = 635) enrolled in the Regional Council of Dentistry, Araraquara section, working in private and/or public services who will consent to participate in this research. Two pre-tested questionnaires will be sent to participants by mail: one questionnaire for collecting social and demographic data, practitioner characteristics, practice characteristics, as well as the patient profile and another questionnaire (provided by the Dental Practice-Based Research Network - DPBRN) consisting of questions related to the diagnosis, preventive methods risk assessment of dental caries. Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and reliability tests will be performed before mailing the questionnaire provided by the DPBRN. Data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics. The associations of interest will be investigated using the Chi-square. The variables with statistical significance and/or p<0.15 will compose the multiple logistic regression model. A significance level of 5% will be used. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVA TAGLIAFERRO, ELAINE PEREIRA; VALSECKI JUNIOR, AYLTON; ROSELL, FERNANDA LOPEZ; CORREA DA SILVA, SILVIO ROCHA; RILEY, JOSEPH L.; GILBERT, GREGG H.; GORDAN, VALERIA VEIGA. Methods for Caries Prevention in Children Reported by Dentists from a Brazilian Community. PESQUISA BRASILEIRA EM ODONTOPEDIATRIA E CLINICA INTEGRADA, v. 21, 2021. (12/10397-2)

TAGLIAFERRO, E. P. S.; VALSECKI JUNIOR, A.; ROSELL, F. L.; SILVA, S. R. C.; RILEY, J. L.; GILBERT, G. H.; GORDAN, V. V.. Caries Diagnosis in Dental Practices: Results From Dentists in a Brazilian Community. Operative Dentistry, v. 44, n. 1, p. E23-E31, JAN-FEB 2019. (12/10397-2)

ELAINE PEREIRA DA SILVA TAGLIAFERRO; JOSEPH L. RILEY III; GREGG H. GILBERT; SILVIO ROCHA CORREA DA SILVA; FERNANDA LOPEZ ROSELL; AYLTON VALSECKI JUNIOR; VALERIA VEIGA GORDAN. Evidence-practice gap in treatment decisions about defective composite and amalgam restorations among Brazilian dentists. Braz. J. Oral Sci., v. 22, 2024-02-02. (12/10397-2)