DPBRN Prevalence of Questionable Occlusal Caries Lesions
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to investigate the process involved when making decisions about the diagnosis and treatment of questionable lesions, as well as determine if there is any association between lesions progression (or depth, if opened) and clinical characteristics and baseline risk assessment.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
The term"questionable" is defined as a tooth with no cavitation (no continuity break in the enamel) and no radiographic radiolucencies, but the presence of caries is suspected due to roughness, surface opacities, or staining. The characteristics of these lesions and the patient's baseline caries risk were examined.
There have been very few studies regarding questionable lesions, virtually no clinical evaluations of the progression of questionable lesions over time, and no studies depicting the prevalence of these lesions. Since carious lesions have the ability to arrest and possibly reverse, determining how often these lesions are being seen in practice and learning more about their characteristics and patient risk assessment are important steps in order to manage these lesions without unnecessary surgical intervention.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Questionable occlusal lesions
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients needed to have at least one permanent tooth with a questionable lesion. This means that subjects were at least 6 years old because that is when the permanent first molar typically erupts.
Exclusion Criteria:
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patients under 6 years old
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patients 6 years old and older who do not have a questionable lesion
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | United States | 35294 |
| 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 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Dental Practice-Based Research Network
- HealthPartners Institute
- Kaiser Permanente
- Permanente Dental Associates Group, Oregon
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Sonia K Makhija, DDS, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
None provided.- 119275
- U01DE016747