Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management

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Autor(a) principal: Zeola,Livia Fávaro
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Teixeira,Daniela Navarro Ribeiro, Galvão,Alexia da Mata, Souza,Paola Gomes, Soares,Paulo Vinícius
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Oral Research
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Resumo: Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how Brazilian dentists perceive and manage dentin hypersensitivity (DH) in their clinical routine. A 13-item questionnaire-based survey was developed and sent electronically to a convenience sample of dentists. The questionnaire assessed the personal and dental practice characteristics of the sample, the occurrence of DH in their daily clinical practice, and management strategies. The data were analyzed descriptively and together with the chi-square test (a = 0.05). A total of 353 responses were obtained from September 2017 to March 2018. Of all the respondents, 62% were females, 49.9% reported fewer than five years of dental practice, and 70.5% were self-identified as private practitioners. Most of the dentists reported an estimated frequency (30–60%) of patients with DH in their practice. The most frequently cited (91.79%) trigger of DH was air blast and/or scratching with a probe. The first-choice strategy to manage DH was a dentin desensitizer (48.16%). The number of years in clinical practice did not influence DH relapse frequency (p = 0.76) significantly, or consider DH treatment as a problem (p = 0.22). The present findings indicate that, regardless of clinical experience, dentists in Brazil still consider DH management a challenge in their daily dental practice. In addition, the results suggest that guidelines should be developed to disseminate the available knowledge regarding this condition in ways that may influence decision-making processes among practitioners.
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spelling Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity managementDentin SensitivityPerceptionSurveys and QuestionnairesAbstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how Brazilian dentists perceive and manage dentin hypersensitivity (DH) in their clinical routine. A 13-item questionnaire-based survey was developed and sent electronically to a convenience sample of dentists. The questionnaire assessed the personal and dental practice characteristics of the sample, the occurrence of DH in their daily clinical practice, and management strategies. The data were analyzed descriptively and together with the chi-square test (a = 0.05). A total of 353 responses were obtained from September 2017 to March 2018. Of all the respondents, 62% were females, 49.9% reported fewer than five years of dental practice, and 70.5% were self-identified as private practitioners. Most of the dentists reported an estimated frequency (30–60%) of patients with DH in their practice. The most frequently cited (91.79%) trigger of DH was air blast and/or scratching with a probe. The first-choice strategy to manage DH was a dentin desensitizer (48.16%). The number of years in clinical practice did not influence DH relapse frequency (p = 0.76) significantly, or consider DH treatment as a problem (p = 0.22). The present findings indicate that, regardless of clinical experience, dentists in Brazil still consider DH management a challenge in their daily dental practice. In addition, the results suggest that guidelines should be developed to disseminate the available knowledge regarding this condition in ways that may influence decision-making processes among practitioners.Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica - SBPqO2019-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242019000100293Brazilian Oral Research v.33 2019reponame:Brazilian Oral Researchinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica (SBPqO)instacron:SBPQO10.1590/1807-3107bor-2019.vol33.0115info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessZeola,Livia FávaroTeixeira,Daniela Navarro RibeiroGalvão,Alexia da MataSouza,Paola GomesSoares,Paulo Viníciuseng2020-10-13T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1806-83242019000100293Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bor/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppob@edu.usp.br||bor@sbpqo.org.br1807-31071806-8324opendoar:2020-10-13T00:00Brazilian Oral Research - Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica (SBPqO)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
title Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
spellingShingle Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
Zeola,Livia Fávaro
Dentin Sensitivity
Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
title_short Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
title_full Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
title_fullStr Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
title_full_unstemmed Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
title_sort Brazilian dentists' perception of dentin hypersensitivity management
author Zeola,Livia Fávaro
author_facet Zeola,Livia Fávaro
Teixeira,Daniela Navarro Ribeiro
Galvão,Alexia da Mata
Souza,Paola Gomes
Soares,Paulo Vinícius
author_role author
author2 Teixeira,Daniela Navarro Ribeiro
Galvão,Alexia da Mata
Souza,Paola Gomes
Soares,Paulo Vinícius
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Zeola,Livia Fávaro
Teixeira,Daniela Navarro Ribeiro
Galvão,Alexia da Mata
Souza,Paola Gomes
Soares,Paulo Vinícius
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Dentin Sensitivity
Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
topic Dentin Sensitivity
Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
description Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how Brazilian dentists perceive and manage dentin hypersensitivity (DH) in their clinical routine. A 13-item questionnaire-based survey was developed and sent electronically to a convenience sample of dentists. The questionnaire assessed the personal and dental practice characteristics of the sample, the occurrence of DH in their daily clinical practice, and management strategies. The data were analyzed descriptively and together with the chi-square test (a = 0.05). A total of 353 responses were obtained from September 2017 to March 2018. Of all the respondents, 62% were females, 49.9% reported fewer than five years of dental practice, and 70.5% were self-identified as private practitioners. Most of the dentists reported an estimated frequency (30–60%) of patients with DH in their practice. The most frequently cited (91.79%) trigger of DH was air blast and/or scratching with a probe. The first-choice strategy to manage DH was a dentin desensitizer (48.16%). The number of years in clinical practice did not influence DH relapse frequency (p = 0.76) significantly, or consider DH treatment as a problem (p = 0.22). The present findings indicate that, regardless of clinical experience, dentists in Brazil still consider DH management a challenge in their daily dental practice. In addition, the results suggest that guidelines should be developed to disseminate the available knowledge regarding this condition in ways that may influence decision-making processes among practitioners.
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