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NCT Number: NCT06806254

Attitude and Practice for Deep Caries Management Between Egyptian and Indian Dentists : a Cross Sectional Study

Study type: Observational Study To assess and compare the attitudes, and practices of dentists in Egypt and India regarding the removal of deep dentin caries and preferred restorative strategies. In addition to correlate between dentist's understanding of caries and its treatment and factors such as age, gender, degree of education and clinical setting.

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Key information

Conditions

Deep Dental Caries

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo university

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 12613, Egypt

Location contact

Faculty of dentistry, Cairo university

CONTACT

[email protected]

(+202) 23634965

About this study

Study type:Observational study To evaluate and compare the views and practices of dentists in Egypt and India concerning the removal of deep dentin caries and their preferred restorative approaches. Additionally, the study aims to examine the relationship between dentists' understanding of caries and its treatment, along with factors such as age, gender, level of education, and clinical environment.

primary outcome-Attitudes, and practices of dentists in Egypt and India regarding the removal of deep dentin caries and their preferred restorative strategies.

secondary outcome:The relationship between dentists' attitudes and their practices in managing deep caries treatment may be affected by factors such as age, gender, education level, and clinical experience.

comparison groups: Population (P1): Dentists practicing in Egypt

  • Population(P2) : Dentists practicing in India

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Inclusion: Licensed dentists actively practicing in Egypt or India.

Exclusion criteria

  • Exclusion: Dentists not currently practicing or recent graduates without practical experience

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Attitude of practicing patient in Egypt and India regarding deep caries management

    Time frame: Through study completion,an average of 3 months

    Current Attitude and how dentist think regarding strategies of deep caries management either complete caries removal or partial/ selective caries removal. And which is thought to be the most rationalized concept to use according to each dentist. This will be done using a previously validated questionaire

Secondary outcomes

  1. Practice of Egyptian and Indian dentist to deep caries management practices

    Time frame: Through study completion,an average of 3 months

    The adopted strategy the dentist practices in daily management of deep caries lesions. This will be measured using a previously validated questionnaire

  2. Impact of demographic data on dentist attitude and practice regarding deep caries management

    Time frame: Through study completion,an average of 3 months

    Impact of each of age, gender, geographic location , educational level and experience of dentists on how they think about caries management strategies and how they practice it.

    Each variant will be analyzed statistically solely. Demographic data will be collected by a questionnaire

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Alaa fathi Abdelsalam, Doctor

CONTACT

[email protected]

+201010890484

Fahme pk Liyakath, Doctor

CONTACT

[email protected]

+201128717427

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Attitude and Practice for Deep Caries Management Between Egyptian and Indian Dentists. a Cross -Sectional Study

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Feb 4, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 4, 2025

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