Tooth Extractions in Patients with Periodontal Diseases and Clinical Decision-Making Process
| Autor: | Pedro Henrique Moreira Paulo Tolentino, Lívia Graziele Rodrigues, Érica Miranda de Torres, Ademir Franco, Rhonan Ferreira Silva |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Croatian |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Stomatologica Croatica, Vol 53, Iss 2, Pp 141-149 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0001-7019 1846-0410 |
| DOI: | 10.15644/asc53/2/6 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To investigate the professional aspects and clinical and radiographic evidence that influences the decision for the extraction of teeth among periodontologists and general dentists. Material and methods: The sample consisted of 150 (n=106 females and 44 males) dentists (n=103 general dentists and 47 periodontologists) that responded to a questionnaire designed to retrieve crosssectional information related mainly to their level of training and time of experience in practice, as well as their personal decision for managing four patients with periodontal disease. Bivariate analyses were performed to test the association between the clinical decisions and the professional information collected from the dentists. Results: In specific cases, periodontologists decided to maintain more teeth than general dentists (p |
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