Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Minimal Intervention Dentistry in a Group of Dental Interns

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Minimal Intervention Dentistry in a Group of Dental Interns in Egypt: A Cross-sectional Study

Minimal intervention dentistry (MID) is a modern medical approach that aims to maximize preservation of healthy dental tissues. When operative intervention is required it is as minimally invasive as possible. This study will assess the knowledge of a group of dental interns regarding minimal intervention dentistry in Egypt and whether this knowledge is translated into positive attitude and practice among them.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Pediatric Dentistry
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Knowledge, attitude, and practice survey

Detailed Description

Healthy oral tissues enable the child to eat, speak and socialize which contributes to general wellbeing. Dental caries during childhood is a major public health problem and throughout the 20th century, the dominant practice patterns of managing dental caries relied on the purely surgical approach of G.V Black such as the concept of "extension for prevention". One of the drawbacks of this approach is an unnecessary removal of healthy oral tissues.

Comprehensive knowledge of dental cariology, advances in dental restorative materials and modern diagnostic devices are changing pediatric restorative dentistry.

minimal intervention dentistry (MID) is a modern medical approach that aims to maximize preservation of healthy dental tissues based on individualized patient care of early detection of disease, risk assessment diagnosis, and prevention. When operative intervention is required it is as minimally invasive as possible.

There is insufficient information about knowledge and practice of modern dental approaches including minimal intervention dentistry among dental interns in Egypt. Available studies concerned with this subject were not done in Egypt.

Due to this shortage of information, the application of MID in the Egyptian society cannot be fully assessed, and problems associated with its practice cannot be identified and solved. This shortage of information may also deprive children of getting benefits of MID.

Thus; this study will assess the knowledge of a group of dental interns regarding minimal intervention dentistry in Egypt, and whether this knowledge is translated into positive attitude and practice among them.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) surveys can be used to identify knowledge gaps and culturally related misconceptions of new health approaches or interventions. They can determine factors influencing behaviors that are not known, and how and why people practice certain health behaviors.

KAP surveys can be also used to identify needs, problems and barriers, as well as solutions for improving quality and accessibility of health services by studying factors and possible determinants influencing treatment decisions.

This study aims to identify deficiencies (if present) in knowledge, attitude, and practice of MID among a group of dental interns in Egypt.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 200

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt, 11311
    • Noha Hasan Mohamed Hashim

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Dental interns are fresh dental graduates who must attend an official clinical training before getting a licence to practice dentistry.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dental interns attending pediatric dentistry in the faculty of dentistry, Cairo University.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Interns refusing to participate in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
dental interns; dental interns in pediatric dentistry department, faculty of dentistry, Cairo University.	Other: Knowledge, attitude, and practice survey; A knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire is going to be distributed to dental interns.; Other Names: KAP survey

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge, attitude and practice mean score	Scores will be calculated according to the options selected by dental interns. The primary outcome is the mean score of the knowledge, attitude and practice survey.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
response rate	percentage of dental interns who agree to participate in the study.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Gaskin EB, Levy S, Guzman-Armstrong S, Dawson D, Chalmers J. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of federal service and civilian dentists concerning minimal intervention dentistry. Mil Med. 2010 Feb;175(2):115-21. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-09-00140.
• Leal SC. Minimal intervention dentistry in the management of the paediatric patient. Br Dent J. 2014 Jun 13;216(11):623-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.449.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): July 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): May 1, 2018
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): July 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 5, 2017
• First Posted (ACTUAL): May 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 8, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 5, 2017
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Noha Hasan Mohamed Hashim

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: IPD are not going to be shared. The names of dental interns are going to be replaced by codes during data collection.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No