Dental caries Oral Health Dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
The dentists were randomly assigned to one of two groups
each group had two dentists. Both groups of dentists examined the same patients (n=140) using the Nyvad and the ICDAS II criteria in different sequences. The first group used the Nyvad criteria during
the second group used the ICDAS II criteria during period 1, followed by Nyvad criteria during period 2. It was a one week washout period between period 1 and period 2 examinations. Before the first p
Sponsors
McGill University (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Dentists: 1. Dentists preliminary not aware about ICDAS II or Nyvad diagnostic systems 2. Five to ten years of clinical experience 3. The same university of graduation 4. Same specialization (operative dentistry) 5. Same clinical environment 6. Working with the same adult population (with similar caries prevalence and experience) Patients: 1. Age of 18-20 years old 2. Males and females 3. Patients having =2 active non-cavitated and/or cavitated carious lesions
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Caries inactive group (no or maximally one active lesion) 2. Patients with fixed orthodontic devices 3. Patients with severe fluorosis or hypoplasia 4. Patients with complicated chronic diseases that can produce modifications in treatment choosing
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of surfaces per individual requiring operative or non-operative treatment measured at the same time twice: in period 1 of examination and in a one week in period 2 of examination | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Diagnostic outcomes: 1. Nyvad D and ICDAS II D components reflecting activity of the lesions (active non-cavitated lesions, active cavitated lesions, inactive non-cavitated lesions, inactive cavitated lesions). 2. Nyvad D and ICDAS II D (decay) components reflecting activity and depth of the lesions 3. Caries experience of carious lesions (mean DMFS) generated from the Nyvad and the ICDAS II systems | — |
Countries
Belarus
Outcome results
None listed