Dental and Dental Hygiene Students’ Knowledge and Capacity to Discriminate the Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Self-Submitted Questionnaire Survey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Sample
2.2. Questionnaire
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Items | GDH N = 157 | GD N = 144 | p-Value |
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Enamel hypomineralization is a …… defect: | |||
Qualitative | 92 (58.60%) | 103 (71.53%) | 0.03 |
Quantitative/Both/I don’t know | 65 (41.4%) | 41 (28.47%) | |
Enamel hypoplasia is a ……. defect: | |||
Quantitative | 100 (63.69%) | 109 (75.69%) | 0.03 |
Qualitative/Both/I don’t know | 57 (36.31%) | 35 (24.31%) | |
When does Dental Fluorosis develop? | |||
In the pre-eruptive phase | 53 (33.76%) | 23 (15.97%) | <0.01 |
In the post-eruptive phase/any age/I don’t know | 104 (66.24%) | 121 (84.03%) | |
Amelogenesis Imperfecta is a condition caused by: | |||
Genetic factors | 90 (57.32%) | 104 (72.22%) | 0.01 |
Systemic factors/Multifactorial/viral or bacterial infection/Don’t know | 67 (42.68%) | 40 (27.78%) | |
When does Amelogenesis Imperfecta develop? | |||
In the pre-eruptive phase | 117 (74.52%) | 116 (80.56%) | 0.26 |
In the post-eruptive phase/any age/I don’t know | 40 (25.48%) | 28 (19.44%) | |
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization is a …… defect: | |||
Qualitative | 76 (48.41%) | 85 (59.03%) | 0.08 |
Quantitative/Both/Don’t know | 81 (51.59%) | 59 (40.97%) | |
When does Molar Incisor Hypomineralization develop? | |||
In the pre-eruptive phase | 88 (56.05%) | 70 (48.61%) | 0.24 |
In the post-eruptive phase/any age/I don’t know | 69 (43.95%) | 74 (51.39%) |
Items | GDH | GD | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Picture 1: Molar Incisor Hypomineralization | N = 137 | N = 121 | |
Possible choices | |||
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization | 83 (60.58%) | 91 (75.21%) | 0.04 |
Amelogenesis Imperfecta | 24 (17.52%) | 9 (7.44%) | |
Plaque demineralization | 17 (12.41%) | 13 (10.74%) | |
Dental Fluorosis | 13 (9.49%) | 8 (6.61%) | |
I don’t know | 20/157 (12.74%) | 23/144 (15.97%) | |
The caries risk in this situation is generally: | |||
High | 98 (71.53%) | 48 (39.67%) | <0.01 |
Medium | 38 (27.74%) | 68 (56.20%) | |
Low | 1 (0.73%) | 5 (4.13%) | |
Which of the following treatments would you recommend? | |||
Remineralizing products and/or fluoride-based varnish or gel | 119 (86.86%) | 84 (69.42%) | 0.01 |
Glass-ionomer sealants | 63(45.99%) | 52 (42.98%) | 0.72 |
Resin-based sealants | 51 (37.23%) | 49 (40.50%) | 0.68 |
Professional bleaching | 28 (20.44%) | 15 (12.40%) | 0.12 |
Picture 2: Amelogenesis Imperfecta | N = 131 | N = 135 | |
Possible choices | |||
Amelogenesis Imperfecta | 89 (67.94%) | 112 (82.96%) | 0.02 |
Plaque demineralization | 25 (19.08%) | 10 (7.41%) | |
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization | 12 (9.16%) | 10 (67.41%) | |
Dental Fluorosis | 5 (3.82%) | 3 (2.22%) | |
I don’t know | 26/157 (16.56%) | 9/144(6.25%) | |
The caries risk in this situation is generally: | |||
High | 125 (95.42%) | 117(86.67%) | 0.02 |
Medium | 6 (4.58%) | 16 (11.85%) | |
Low | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (1.48%) | |
Which of the following treatments would you recommend? | |||
Remineralizing products and/or fluoride-based varnish or gel | 100 (76.34%) | 86 (63.7%) | 0.03 |
Glass-ionomer sealants | 66 (50.38%) | 55 (40.74%) | 0.16 |
Resin-based sealants | 53 (40.46%) | 41(30.37%) | 0.11 |
Professional bleaching | 14 (10.69%) | 15 (11.11%) | >0.99 |
Picture 3: Dental Fluorosis | N = 146 | N = 133 | |
Possible choices | |||
Dental Fluorosis | 61 (41.78%) | 46 (34.59%) | 0.01 |
Plaque demineralization | 46 (31.51%) | 66 (49.62%) | |
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization | 33 (22.60%) | 18 (13.53%) | |
Amelogenesis Imperfecta | 6 (4.11%) | 3 (2.26%) | |
I don’t know | 11/157 (7.01%) | 11/144 (7.64%) | |
The caries risk in this situation is generally: | |||
High | 53 (36.30%) | 25 (18.80%) | <0.01 |
Medium | 71 (48.63%) | 83 (62.41%) | |
Low | 22 (15.07%) | 25 (18.80%) | |
Which of the following treatments would you recommend? | |||
Remineralizing products and/or fluoride-based varnish or gel | 104 (71.23%) | 78 (58.65%) | 0.04 |
Glass-ionomer sealants | 74 (50.68%) | 70 (52.63%) | 0.84 |
Resin-based sealants | 88 (60.27%) | 72 (54.14%) | 0.36 |
Professional bleaching | 31 (21.23%) | 24 (18.05%) | 0.60 |
Picture 4: White spot lesion | N = 133 | N = 112 | |
Possible choices | |||
Plaque demineralization | 54 (40.60%) | 45 (40.18%) | 0.22 |
Dental Fluorosis | 61 (45.86%) | 60 (53.57%) | |
Amelogenesis Imperfecta | 11 (8.27%) | 3 (2.68%) | |
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization | 7 (5.26%) | 4 (3.57%) | |
I don’t know | 24/157 (15.29%) | 32/144 (22.22%) | |
The caries risk in this situation is generally: | |||
High | 62 (46.62%) | 17 (15.18%) | <0.01 |
Medium | 53 (39.85%) | 62 (55.36%) | |
Low | 18 (13.53%) | 33 (29.46%) | |
Which of the following treatment would you recommend? | |||
Remineralizing products and/or fluoride-based varnish or gel | 91 (68.42%) | 73 (65.18%) | 0.69 |
Glass-ionomer sealants | 57 (42.86%) | 56 (50.00%) | 0.32 |
Resin-based sealants | 58 (43.61%) | 68 (60.71%) | 0.01 |
Professional bleaching | 35 (26.32%) | 21 (18.75%) | 0.21 |
Picture 5: Caries lesion | N = 121 | N = 104 | |
Possible choices | |||
Plaque demineralization | 48 (39.67%) | 65 (62.50%) | <0.01 |
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization | 67 (55.37%) | 37 (35.58%) | |
Dental Fluorosis | 4 (3.31%) | 1 (0.96%) | |
Amelogenesis Imperfecta | 2 (1.65%) | 1 (0.96%) | |
I don’t know | 36/157 (22.93%) | 40/104 (27.78%) | |
Which of the following treatments would you recommend? | |||
Remineralizing products and/or fluoride-based varnish or gel | 91 (75.21%) | 76 (73.08%) | 0.83 |
Glass-ionomer sealants | 86 (71.07%) | 66 (63.46%) | 0.28 |
Resin-based sealants | 71 (58.68%) | 71 (68.27%) | 0.18 |
Professional bleaching | 9 (7.44%) | 15 (14.42%) | 0.14 |
For each clinical pictures’ comparison analysis, the answer “I don’t know” was excluded |
Ref: Group of students in Dentistry (GD) | ||
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Clinical Pictures | Odds Ratio | p-Value |
| 0.93 [0.56;1.54] | 0.77 |
| 0.40 [0.23;0.69] | <0.01 |
| 1.38 [0.81;2.35] | 0.23 |
| 1.30 [0.75;2.24] | 0.35 |
| 0.58 [0.34;0.94] | 0.03 |
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Cagetti, M.G.; Salerno, C.; Bontà, G.; Bisanti, A.; Maspero, C.; Tartaglia, G.M.; Campus, G. Dental and Dental Hygiene Students’ Knowledge and Capacity to Discriminate the Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Self-Submitted Questionnaire Survey. Children 2022, 9, 1759. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111759
Cagetti MG, Salerno C, Bontà G, Bisanti A, Maspero C, Tartaglia GM, Campus G. Dental and Dental Hygiene Students’ Knowledge and Capacity to Discriminate the Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Self-Submitted Questionnaire Survey. Children. 2022; 9(11):1759. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111759
Chicago/Turabian StyleCagetti, Maria Grazia, Claudia Salerno, Giuliana Bontà, Anna Bisanti, Cinzia Maspero, Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, and Guglielmo Campus. 2022. "Dental and Dental Hygiene Students’ Knowledge and Capacity to Discriminate the Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Self-Submitted Questionnaire Survey" Children 9, no. 11: 1759. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111759