Opinions of UK General Dental Practitioners on the Restoration of Posterior Root Filled Teeth: a Vignette Survey-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Opinions of UK General Dental Practitioners on the Restoration of Posterior Root Filled Teeth: a Vignette Survey

Published:2024-03 Issue:1 Volume:13 Page:80-88
ISSN:2050-1684
Container-title:Primary Dental Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Prim Dent J

Author:

Kasperek Dariusz¹²³⁴,Haque Afzal¹²³⁴,Albadri Sondos¹²³⁴,Jarad Fadi¹²³⁴

Affiliation:

1. Dariusz Kasperek BDS Academic Clinical Fellow Dental Core Trainee, University of Liverpool, UK

2. Afzal Haque BDS (Hons), MFDS RCS Ed, MSc (Endodontology), MEndo RCS Ed, DDSc (Endodontics) Principal Dentist, Stretford Road Dental Practice, Manchester, UK

3. Sondos Albadri BDS, PhD, MFDS RCS Ed, MPaedDent RCS Eng, FHEA, FDS (Paed Dent) Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, University of Liverpool, UK

4. Fadi Jarad BDS, PhD, MFDS RCS(Eng) MRD Endodontics RCS (Edin), FHEA, FDS Restorative Dentistry RCS (Edin) ITI Fellow Professor and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, University of Liverpool, UK

Abstract

Objective: To investigate factors which influence UK general dental practitioners (GDPs) when restoring posterior root filled teeth. Method: An electronic survey was designed to explore current strategies of treatment of posterior root filled teeth by UK-based GDPs working in primary care. Three vignette cases included in the questionnaire explored a variety of tooth, patient, and financial factors. The survey was distributed by email and social media platforms between December 2018 and February 2019. Results: A total of 528 valid responses were collected. The majority of participants (84.1%) regularly restored posterior root filled teeth with an indirect restoration. Presence of persistent symptoms post root canal treatment (RCT) completion would impact the management of 85% of the surveyed respondents. Referral to a specialist, deferral of provision of the definitive restoration, and fear of litigation were reported by the GDPs as influencing factors. Conclusion: This survey highlights that decision making regarding restoration of root filled teeth is a multifactorial process. Tooth, patient, and financial factors were all shown to influence the restorative management of the posterior root filled teeth.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20501684241230198

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