Clinical trial NCT01680848: Assessment of Caries Diagnosis and Caries Treatment in Dental PBRN Japan
Official title: Assessment of Caries Diagnosis and Caries Treatment in Dental PBRN Japan
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Dental Caries
Keywords: Dental caries,
Caries diagnosis,
Caries treatment,
Caries risk,
Practice pattern,
Clinical epidemiology,
Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Lead sponsor: Dental PBRN Japan
Sponsor class: NETWORK
Collaborators: name: Dental Practice-Based Research Network
First posted: 2012-09-07
Enrollment: 282
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 24
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Participants are dentists who work in outpatient dental practices who have affiliated with Dental PBRN Japan

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to examine what methods Dental PBRN Japan dentists adopt for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of dental caries.

Detailed description: We conducted a cross-sectional study consisting of a questionnaire survey in Japan. We used the same questionnaire as used in the DPBRN Study, "Assessment of Caries Diagnosis and Caries Treatment".

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* This study queried dentists working in outpatient dental practices who have affiliated with JDPBRN to investigate research questions and to share experiences and expertise (n = 282).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Dentist who doesn't perform some measure of restorative dentistry at their practice.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of Participants Who Indicate Surgical Intervention
timeFrame: Up to 24 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Kyushu Dental University
name: Naoki Kakudate, DDS PhD MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Yokoyama Y, Kakudate N, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV. Evidence-practice gap for dental sealant application: results from a dental practice-based research network in Japan. Int Dent J. 2016 Dec;66(6):330-336. doi: 10.1111/idj.12252. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
citation: Yokoyama Y, Kakudate N, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV. Evidence-practice gap for in-office fluoride application in a dental practice-based research network. J Public Health Dent. 2016 Mar;76(2):91-7. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12114. Epub 2015 Jul 31.
citation: Kakudate N, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Yokoyama Y, Riley JL 3rd, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV. Dentists' decisions to conduct caries risk assessment in a Dental Practice-Based Research Network. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;43(2):128-34. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12127. Epub 2014 Sep 1.
citation: Kakudate N, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Yokoyama Y, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV. Patient age and dentists' decisions about occlusal caries treatment thresholds. Oper Dent. 2014 Sep-Oct;39(5):473-80. doi: 10.2341/13-141-C. Epub 2014 May 8.
citation: Yokoyama Y, Kakudate N, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV. Dentists' dietary perception and practice patterns in a dental practice-based research network. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e59615. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059615. Epub 2013 Mar 25.
citation: Kakudate N, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Manabe K, Yokoyama Y, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV. Restorative treatment thresholds for proximal caries in dental PBRN. J Dent Res. 2012 Dec;91(12):1202-8. doi: 10.1177/0022034512464778. Epub 2012 Oct 9.