KAP of Dental Practitioners Regarding CRA

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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

Official Title
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Dental Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) in Cairo and Riyadh Regarding Caries Risk Assessment and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study

Conditions
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Tooth Decay, Caries,Dental, Tooth Diseases

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists. Exclusion Criteria: Undergraduate dental students Dental specialists Dentists who refused to participate
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
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| Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dental Practitioners in Cairo and Riyadah | 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. Section (B) will contain binary questions (true and false) (C) Participants' attitudes and knowledge related to caries risk assessment and management. section (C) will contain three-point Likert scale (''Agree'', ''Disagree'' and Neither agree nor disagree) (D) Barriers in caries risk assessment and management practices. Section (D) will contain a four-point Likert-type scale (always, often, sometimes, and never.) | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Caries Risk Assessment, Caries Prevention, General Practitioners