Caries,DentalNCT05792215
KAP of Dental Practitioners Regarding CRA
An observational study of Caries,Dental and Tooth Decay, run by Cairo University.
Trial summary
The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Caries,Dental, Tooth Decay, Tooth Diseases
- How many people
- 174 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2024to 30 Oct 2024
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: All licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists
Who may be able to join
- Licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists.
Who cannot join
- Undergraduate dental students
- Dental specialists
- Dentists who refused to participate
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet.
About this study
Official title: Dental Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) in Cairo and Riyadh Regarding Caries Risk Assessment and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study
The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management.
Read the detailed description
Dental caries is a preventable major public health disease affecting people of all ages and substantially impacting overall health. Caries remain the single most common chronic childhood disease. Dental caries is a dynamic and complex process. Several variables influence the occurrence of dental caries, including oral flora, saliva flow and composition, and lifestyle. Dental caries development can be primary (new carious lesion) or secondary (lesion progression or reactivated carious lesions).
There has been much progress over the past several decades in the prevention of dental caries, shifting from the management of dental caries from a "surgical approach" to a "medical prevention strategy", based on a better understanding of the caries disease process.
Caries Risk Assessment (CRA) is a significant part of successfully applying the minimum intervention dentistry philosophy in managing dental caries. As recommended by AAPD, Dental caries-risk assessment should be a routine component of new and periodic examinations by oral health and medical providers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management.
Benefits to Practitioner:
- Increasing awareness of the importance of CRA practices.
- Implementing a positive attitude regarding CRA and management.
- Improve practices toward CRA
Benefits to Patient:
- Increasing the awareness and knowledge of early caries prevention by dentists.
- Increasing awareness about Caries Risk Assessment and management.
Benefits to Community:
- Increasing the knowledge and awareness of the community regarding preventive dentistry and the importance of primary prevention
- Conditions
- Caries,Dental, Tooth Decay, Tooth Diseases
- Keywords
- Caries Risk Assessment, Caries Prevention, General Practitioners
- Medical subject headings
- Dental Caries, Tooth Diseases
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dental Practitioners in Cairo and Riyadah
Questionnaire
The questionnaire is composed of the following sections:
(A) Sociodemographic data including participants' age, gender, qualification, experience years, place of practice, and the number of pediatric patients they see every week.
(B) Participants' knowledge of caries risk assessment indicators.
Section (B) will contain binary questions (true and false)
(C) Participants' attitudes and knowledge related to caries risk assessment and management.
section (C) will contain three-point Likert scale (''Agree'', ''Disagree'' and "Neither agree nor disagree")
(D) Barriers in caries risk assessment and management practices.
Section (D) will contain a four-point Likert-type scale (always, often, sometimes, and never.)
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 Mar 2023
- Study start1 Sep 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Oct 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Oct 2024 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Caries,DentalStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Cairo UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 174 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Waleed Saqer Saeed Almutairi, Cairo University
- Investigators
- Gihan M Abuelniel, Professor, Study chair, Professor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05792215
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- KAP Regarding CRA
- Status last verified
- Aug 2024
- First submitted
- 18 Mar 2023
- Last updated
- 2 Aug 2024
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Aug 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Dental Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) in Cairo and Riyadh Regarding Caries Risk Assessment and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05792215
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- KAP Regarding CRA
- Conditions
- Caries,Dental, Tooth Decay, Tooth Diseases
- Keywords
- Caries Risk Assessment, Caries Prevention, General Practitioners
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 174 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Oct 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Oct 2024 (estimated)
- First posted
- 31 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management.
Detailed description
Dental caries is a preventable major public health disease affecting people of all ages and substantially impacting overall health. Caries remain the single most common chronic childhood disease. Dental caries is a dynamic and complex process. Several variables influence the occurrence of dental caries, including oral flora, saliva flow and composition, and lifestyle. Dental caries development can be primary (new carious lesion) or secondary (lesion progression or reactivated carious lesions).
There has been much progress over the past several decades in the prevention of dental caries, shifting from the management of dental caries from a "surgical approach" to a "medical prevention strategy", based on a better understanding of the caries disease process.
Caries Risk Assessment (CRA) is a significant part of successfully applying the minimum intervention dentistry philosophy in managing dental caries. As recommended by AAPD, Dental caries-risk assessment should be a routine component of new and periodic examinations by oral health and medical providers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of a group of dental practitioners from Cairo and Riyadh regarding caries risk assessment and management.
Benefits to Practitioner:
- Increasing awareness of the importance of CRA practices.
- Implementing a positive attitude regarding CRA and management.
- Improve practices toward CRA
Benefits to Patient:
- Increasing the awareness and knowledge of early caries prevention by dentists.
- Increasing awareness about Caries Risk Assessment and management.
Benefits to Community:
- Increasing the knowledge and awareness of the community regarding preventive dentistry and the importance of primary prevention
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- All licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Licensed Egyptian and Saudi general dentists.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Undergraduate dental students
- Dental specialists
- Dentists who refused to participate
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dental Practitioners in Cairo and Riyadah
Time frame: 1 year
Questionnaire The questionnaire is composed of the following sections: (A) Sociodemographic data including participants' age, gender, qualification, experience years, place of practice, and the number of pediatric patients they see every week. (B) Participants' knowledge of caries risk assessment indicators. Section (B) will contain binary questions (true and false) (C) Participants' attitudes and knowledge related to caries risk assessment and management. section (C) will contain three-point Likert scale (''Agree'', ''Disagree'' and "Neither agree nor disagree") (D) Barriers in caries risk assessment and management practices. Section (D) will contain a four-point Likert-type scale (always, often, sometimes, and never.)
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Aug 2024.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Gihan M Abuelniel, Professor study chair
Professor
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Caries,Dental and Tooth Decay, run by Cairo University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Aug 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Waleed S Almutairi, Masters (0551568955, waleed.saqer@dentistry.cu.edu.eg), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dental Practitioners in Cairo and Riyadah (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Aug 2024.