G. Maupome et A. Sheiham, RADIOGRAPHIC CRITERIA EMPLOYED TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT APPROXIMAL CARIES BY FINAL-YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS IN MEXICO-CITY, Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 25(3), 1997, pp. 242-246
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
A total of 407 final-year dental students in Mexico City were asked ab
out the radiographic criteria they employed when assessing treatment n
eeds for caries in a standardized patient case. 45.2% of participants
would restore lesions confined to enamel; 60.7% believed that a lesion
which had not passed the dentino-enamel junction would cavitate; and
65.4% said it would take on average 6 months or less for a lesion to p
rogress from outer enamel to the dentino-enamel junction. Radiographic
criteria appeared to reflect fears of rapid, inevitable progression o
f lesions. While local caries experiences had been reported to be high
, there seems to be room for re-evaluating some clinical criteria empl
oyed to manage caries.