Knowledge of Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth Among a Group of Dental Students in Egypt

Knowledge of Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth Among a Group of Dental Students in Egypt: A Cross-sectional Study.

Conducting this questionnaire will help in collecting information about the extent of knowledge of vital pulp therapy in permanent teeth among dental students in Egypt. This will aid in identifying the knowledge gap, interest, and challenges regarding utilization of vital pulp therapy in permanent teeth.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Vital Pulp Therapy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Knowledge assessment; Other: Educational Material

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 323

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Mariam Ma Gindy, Bachelor; Phone Number: +20 +201272020703; Email: mariam.gindy@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

A group of dental students in Egypt

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dental students who live in Egypt.
• Dental students who are willing to participate
• Fifth-year students.

Exclusion Criteria:

-Responses with incomplete information

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge of vital pulp therapy	Measured by a questionnaire, and the measuring unit is multiple choice questions.	from the 10th of September 2024 to the 10th of October 2024

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge after awareness about vital pulp therapy	Measured by a questionnaire, and the measuring unit is multiple choice questions.	from the 10th of October 2024 to the 10th of November 2024

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• AAE Position Statement on Vital Pulp Therapy. J Endod. 2021 Sep;47(9):1340-1344. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2021.07.015. Epub 2021 Aug 3. No abstract available.
• Bogen G, Dammaschke T, Chandler N. Vital pulp therapy. In: Berman L, Hargreaves KM, editors. Pathways of the Pulp. 12th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2021.
• Guan X, Zhou Y, Yang Q, Zhu T, Chen X, Deng S, Zhang D. Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth with Irreversible Pulpitis Caused by Caries: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Pers Med. 2021 Nov 1;11(11):1125. doi: 10.3390/jpm11111125.
• Parmar G, Singh S, Hegde JA, Kumar M, Kalyan S. Launching a new fellowship in microrestorative and endodontics for postgraduates in conservative dentistry and endodontics. J Conserv Dent. 2020 Jul-Aug;23(4):370-373. doi: 10.4103/JCD.JCD_328_20. Epub 2021 Jan 16.
• Wisniewski JF, Norooz S, Callahan D, Mohajeri A. Survey of Vital Pulp Therapy Treatment in Permanent Dentition Being Taught at U.S. Dental Schools. J Endod. 2022 Sep;48(9):1107-1112. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2022.06.009. Epub 2022 Jul 5.
• Kakudate N, Yokoyama Y, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Gordan VV, Gilbert GH. Dentists' practice patterns of treatment for deep occlusal caries: Findings from a dental practice-based research network. J Dent. 2019 May;84:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2019.03.009. Epub 2019 Mar 29.
• Doumani MD, Arnous WA, Alsafadi MF, Alnazer HA, Alanazi SM, Alotaibi KS, Al-Ammari AI. The Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth: A Dental Practitioner's Perspective from Saudi Arabia. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2020 Jun 15;10(3):300-308. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_69_19. eCollection 2020 May-Jun.
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Pulp therapy for primary and immature permanent teeth. The Reference Manual of Pediatric Dentistry. Chicago, Ill.: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; 2022:415-23

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 10, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): November 10, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 31, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): April 5, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 5, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 31, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Egypt; Permanent teeth; Vital Pulp Therapy; Dental Students; VPT
• Other Study ID Numbers: 6991

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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