Differences between reported and actual restored caries lesion depths: Results from The Dental PBRN

• Published in: Journal of dentistry Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 248 - 254
• Main Authors: Rindal, D.B, Gordan, V.V, Fellows, J.L, Spurlock, N.L, Bauer, M.R, Litaker, M.S, Gilbert, G.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2012; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age Factors; Caries; Ceramics - chemistry; Community-Based Participatory Research; Composite Resins - chemistry; Decision making; Dental Alloys - chemistry; Dental Amalgam - chemistry; Dental Caries - diagnosis; Dental Caries - therapy; Dental Caries Susceptibility; Dental Enamel - pathology; Dental Materials - chemistry; Dental Restoration, Permanent; Dentin - pathology; Dentist-Patient Relations; Dentistry; Female; Glass Ionomer Cements - chemistry; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Insurance, Dental; Male; Practice Patterns, Dentists; Professional Practice; Remineralisation; Restoration; Risk Assessment; Social Class; Surveys and Questionnaires; Threshold; Tooth Crown - pathology; Young Adult; Caries; Restoration; Remineralisation; Decision making; Threshold

Abstract Objective The objectives of this research were to (1) quantify the discordance between the caries lesion depth at which dentists restored initial lesions during a clinical study (“actual depth”) and the lesion depth that they reported during a hypothetical clinical scenario (“reported depth...