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KAP of Dental Practitioners Regarding CRA

Sponsor
Cairo University (Other)
Overall Status
Not yet recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05792215
Collaborator
(none)
174
Enrollment
12
Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    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

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Anticipated Enrollment :
    174 participants
    Observational Model:
    Other
    Time Perspective:
    Cross-Sectional
    Official Title:
    Dental Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) in Cairo and Riyadh Regarding Caries Risk Assessment and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study
    Anticipated Study Start Date :
    Mar 1, 2023
    Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
    Sep 1, 2023
    Anticipated Study Completion Date :
    Mar 1, 2024

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dental Practitioners in Cairo and Riyadah [1 year]

      Questionnaire The questionnaire is composed of the following sections: (A) Sociodemographic data including participants' age, gender, qualification, experience years, place of practice, and the number of pediatric patients they see every week. (B) Participants' knowledge of caries risk assessment indicators. (C) Participants' attitudes and knowledge related to caries risk assessment and management. (D) Barriers in caries risk assessment and management practices.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    N/A and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists.
    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Undergraduate dental students

    • Dental specialists

    • Dentists who refused to participate

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    No locations specified.

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Cairo University

    Investigators

    • Study Chair: Gihan M Abuelniel, Professor, Professor

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Waleed Saqer Saeed Almutairi, Dr., Cairo University
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT05792215
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • KAP Regarding CRA
    First Posted:
    Mar 31, 2023
    Last Update Posted:
    Mar 31, 2023
    Last Verified:
    Mar 1, 2023
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Keywords provided by Waleed Saqer Saeed Almutairi, Dr., Cairo University
    Caries Risk Assessment
    Caries Prevention
    General Practitioners
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Tooth Diseases
    Dental Caries

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Mar 31, 2023