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

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Caries

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NETWORK; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01309958

018592

U01DE016747 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 334 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

334 participants in 1 patient group

intervention

Description:

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