DPBRN Development of a Patient Based Provider Intervention for Early Caries Management

Sponsor

Dental Practice-Based Research Network (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01309958

Collaborator

HealthPartners Institute (Other), Kaiser Permanente (Other), Permanente Dental Associates Group, Oregon (Other), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) (NIH)

334

Enrollment

Locations

Duration (Months)

47.7

Patients Per Site

1.7

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study focused on improving the quality of dental care by fostering movement of the latest scientific advances into daily clinical practice.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Dental Caries

Detailed Description

Phase 1 - development of two instruments (a patient brochure that described non-invasive caries treatment and a patient questionnaire of satisfaction with non-invasive caries treatment).

Phase 2 - field tested the patient brochure

Phase 3 - pilot tested the patient brochure, quantifying patient satisfaction with non-invasive caries treatments and a feasibility study that will inform the design of a clinical trial in dental practices envisioned for a later study.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

334 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Cross-Sectional

Official Title:

Development of a Patient Based Provider Intervention for Early Caries

Study Start Date :

Jun 1, 2008

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2010

Actual Study Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
intervention design instruments and test feasibility of an intervention aimed at increasing the proportion on non-invasive treatment for early caries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

19 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

dentists enrolled in the Dental Practice-Based Research Network (DPBRN) who participated in DPBRN Assessment of Caries Diagnosis & Caries Treatment and DBPRN Reasons for placing the First Restoration on Permanent Tooth Surfaces

Exclusion Criteria:

patients under 19 years of age

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama	United States	35294-0007
2	University of Florida College of Dentistry	Gainesville	Florida	United States	32610
3	Health Partners Dental Group	Minneapolis	Minnesota	United States	55440-1309
4	Health Partners Research Foundation	Minneapolis	Minnesota	United States	55440-1524
5	Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research	Portland	Oregon	United States	97227
6	Permanente Denrtal Associates	Portland	Oregon	United States	97232
7	University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College	Copenhagen		Denmark