Dentists ’ Decision Strategies for Suspicious Occlusal Caries Lesions in a National Dental PBRN Study

Conclusions The online vignette system suggests that clinical SOCL decision strategies are highly individualized and dentists do not use all cues available to them to make these decisions. Clinical Significance Prior to this study, there has been little evidence about how dentists use these cues (either individually or in combination) when judging the extent of caries progression. Such knowledge would be valuable when designing interventions to help dentists maximize the likelihood of appropriate treatment decisions.

Source: Journal of Dentistry - November 14, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: research