Carious lesion management in children and adolescents by Australian dentists

Abstract

Background: The management of carious lesions in children and adolescents can have lifelong implications for the patient. The aim of this study was to assess the decision-making process of dentists when managing carious lesions in children and adolescents. Methods: Approximately, 11 000 dentists listed as members of the Australian Dental Association Inc. (ADA) and Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD) were emailed a link in April 2017 to a 19-question survey delivered by SurveyMonkey™. Results: In this study, 887 responses were received. In ‘enamel-limited’ carious lesions, dentists intervened most frequently in primary tooth approximal (365, 41.1%), followed by..