Umeed Javaid, Shama Asghar, Kulsoom Fatima Rizvi.
Attitudes and Behavior of Dentists regarding Management of Deep Carious Lesion.
J Bahria Uni Med Dental Coll Jan ;9(3):206-9.

Objective: To assess the attitude and behavior of dentists for the management of deep carious lesions. Study Design and Setting: It was a cross sectional based study conducted at six dental institutes of Karachi from both government and private sectors. Results: From the 250 distributed questionnaires, 218 dentists returned the questionnaire giving a satisfactory response rate of 87.2%. There were 28% male and 72%% female dentists. The majority of dentists were aged between 25-35 years old. Complete caries removal was the management of choice by 72.5% of dentists for deep carious lesions. Conclusion: Complete caries removal was the most preferred treatment modality when the risk of dental pulpal exposure associated with caries excavation is low. However when the risk is high, step-wise excavation was preferred procedure by half of the participants. Keywords: Dental caries, Dental pulp exposure, Dentists, Stepwise excavation.

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