Tooth Erosion Awareness in a Brazilian Dental School

Hermont, Ana Paula; Oliveira, Patrícia Alves Drummond de; Auad, Sheyla Márcia

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2011.75.12.tb05223.x

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“…All this requires a careful and systematic evaluation of each patient by the dental professional, and particularly one who has a sufficiently good knowledge about tooth wear in general and about erosion specifically. In this regard, reports from Brazil and the United Kingdom showed that awareness of dental erosion among dental professionals was inadequate [ 11 , 12 ].…”

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“…Early diagnosis of dental erosion depends mainly on the ability of the clinician to detect its pathognomonic features in enamel. However, a study conducted in a Brazilian dental school in 2011 showed that knowledge about dental erosion was not widely evident among students, patients and faculty members [ 12 ]. Of the 300 participants enrolled in the study, about a quarter of faculty members and over 60 % of dental students considered themselves unprepared to diagnose dental erosion.…”

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Awareness and knowledge of dental erosion among Yemeni dental professionals and students

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BackgroundThis study explored Yemeni dentists’ and dental students’ knowledge about the associated factors, approaches to diagnosis and preventive methods of dental erosion (DE), as well as any associations between DE awareness and some potentially related variables.MethodsA self-administered questionnaire was distributed to general dental practitioners (n = 323) in Sanaa and to fifth year dental students (n = 97) at the University of Science and Technology, Sanaa, Yemen during the period from July to November 2013. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted.ResultsOverall response rate was 79 %. Results indicated that 61 % of respondents learned about DE from dental school, 27 % from their own studies and the rest from continuing education courses and the media. DE was reportedly most frequently seen on incisors by 46 % of respondents and on premolars and molars by 24 %. While 48 % reported DE to be more common in male patients, no gender differences were reported by 20 % of respondents. Acidic drinks were believed to be causative factors for DE by 41 % of dentists and 52 % of students, while 90 % of respondents believed that patients’ dietary history is important during DE diagnosis. As preventive measures for DE, reduction of acidic drink consumption was advised by 51 % of respondents while only 37 % advised their patients to use fluoridated toothpastes. Younger respondents (≤35 years) were more likely to identify the commonly-known causative factors for DE (P = 0.024). Twenty-seven percent of the respondents reportedly used an index to grade DE. Dental students were more likely than dentists to use such an index (P <0.001) and to more frequently advise their patients to reduce intake of acidic drinks (P = 0.02) compared to dentists.ConclusionsIn-depth knowledge about causative factors, diagnosis and preventive methods of DE was apparent among only half the respondents and approaches to early diagnosis were insufficient. There would appear to be an urgent need for enhancing awareness and knowledge about DE within the Yemeni dental community.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12903-015-0103-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Awareness and knowledge of dental erosion among Yemeni dental professionals and students

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“…However, limited surveys have been performed to investigate knowledge of and/or attitudes towards erosive tooth wear. More importantly, although psychometric evaluations, including item analysis, principal component analysis, reliability, and validity are considered the essential elements in designing and developing a questionnaire [4], the psychometric qualities of the questionnaires used in previous studies have not been tested/reported [10,13,14]. Failure to sufficiently develop a questionnaire may lead to the misinterpretation of the results [22].…”

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“…A review of the medical and dental literature was undertaken to develop an appropriate questionnaire to evaluate knowledge of and attitudes towards erosive tooth wear. An item (question) pool including 63 questions was generated based on the literature [10,[13][14][15][16][17] (Supplementary Table 1). After a group discussion with 1 statistician, 2 dental specialists and 10 laypersons, 25 items were included in the questionnaire.…”

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“…However, the knowledge level of dental professionals is not as high as expected. Based on reports from Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Yemen, dental professionals exhibited insufficient knowledge of erosive tooth wear [12][13][14], which highlights the urgent need to improve education on erosive tooth wear worldwide. In addition, relatively little is known about the public attitudes towards erosive tooth wear.…”

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Knowledge of and attitudes towards erosive tooth wear among students of two Chinese universities

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Background: To assess the knowledge of and attitudes towards erosive tooth wear among dental, medical, and non-medical university students of two Chinese universities. Methods: A questionnaire containing 15 questions on knowledge of erosive tooth wear and 10 questions on attitudes towards erosive tooth wear was designed, and its psychometric properties (reliability and validity) were analysed in a pilot study (n = 120 students). The following 3 groups of university students (n = 635) were recruited based on a convenience sampling technique and were distributed the questionnaire via an online survey system: dental students (DSs), medical students (MSs), and non-medical students (NSs). Differences in the scores between groups and genders were analysed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the association between the knowledge and attitude scores (P < 0.05). Results: The questionnaire was found to be reliable, valid and reproducible. A total of 435 students participated in this study (response rate: 69.6%). The knowledge score of the DSs (11.5 ± 3.4) was significantly higher than those of the NSs (5.5 ± 4.0) and MSs (6.1 ± 4.0) (P < 0.001). The attitude score of the DSs (45.2 ± 6.5) was significantly higher than those of the NSs (41.1 ± 6.9) and MSs (41.8 ± 6.4) (P < 0.001). The majority of DSs expressed attitudes that were more accurate and positive than those expressed by the other 2 groups. The attitude score was positively correlated with the knowledge score (r = 0.237, P < 0.001). Conclusions: Dental students had more accurate knowledge of and more positive attitudes towards erosive tooth wear than medical and non-medical students. In this population, a positive correlation was established between knowledge of and attitudes towards erosive tooth wear.

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