Justine Le Clerc1, Marie-Agnès Gasqui2, Laurent Laforest3, Maxime Beaurain4, Romain Ceinos5,6,7, Florence Chemla8,9, Valérie Chevalier10,11,12, Pierre Colon13,14, Florence Fioretti15, Alexis Gevrey16, Olivia Kérourédan17,18,19, Delphine Maret20, Caroline Mocquot13,14, Canan Özcan21, Bruno Pelissier22, Fabienne Pérez23, Elodie Terrer24, Yann-Loïg Turpin25, Reza Arbab-Chirani10,11,26, Dominique Seux2, Sophie Doméjean27,28. 1. Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes (pôle Odontologie), CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, Rennes, France. 2. UFR d'Odontologie, Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces, UMR CNRS 5615, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France. 3. UFR d'Odontologie, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France. 4. UFR d'Odontologie, Lille, France. 5. Université Côte d'Azur, UFR d'Odontologie, Nice, France. 6. Hôpital St Roch, Pôle Odontologie, CHU, Nice, France. 7. UMR 7268, Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit Éthique et Santé (ADES), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France. 8. Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire - Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France. 9. Service de médecine Buccodentaire de l'hôpital Charles Foix, APHP, Paris, France. 10. UFR d'Odontologie, UBO, Brest, France. 11. CHRU de Brest, Brest, France. 12. Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lome, UMR CNRS 6027, Brest, France. 13. Université de Paris, Faculté Dentaire, Hôpital Rothschild, AP-HP, Paris, France. 14. Univ Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5615, Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces, Villeurbanne, France. 15. Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université de Strasbourg, Pôle de Médecine et Chirurgie Bucco-Dentaires des Hôpitaux Universitaires, UMR INSERM 1260, Strasbourg, France. 16. UFR d'Odontologie, Nancy, France. 17. Université de Bordeaux, UFR des Sciences Odontologiques, Bordeaux, France. 18. Service de Médecine Bucco-dentaire, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. 19. INSERM, Bioingénierie Tissulaire, U1026, Bordeaux, France. 20. UFR d'Odontologie, CHU, Laboratoire AMIS, UMR 5288 CNRS, Toulouse, France. 21. UFR d'Odontologie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France. 22. UFR d'Odontologie, Montpellier, France. 23. UFR d'Odontologie, CHU, Univ Nantes, PHU 4 OTONN, Nantes, France. 24. UFR d'Odontologie, Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France. 25. Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes (pôle Odontologie), Paris, France. 26. LaTIM UMR 1101 INSREM, Brest, France. 27. UFR d'Odontologie, Centre de Recherche en Odontologie Clinique EA 4847, Univ Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. sophie.domejean@uca.fr. 28. Service d'Odontologie, CHU Estaing, Clermont-Ferrand, France. sophie.domejean@uca.fr.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: A national questionnaire study was performed to document knowledge and opinions of French dental students (FDSs) about minimal intervention (MI) in dentistry especially caries risk assessment (CRA) and dental sealants (DSs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire was administered to the fifth-year dental FDSs (n = 1370) from the 16 French dental schools. Descriptive and statistical analyses were performed. RESULTS: The response rate was 84.5%. A large majority of respondents (87.8%) linked MI with minimally invasive dentistry and 77.4% considered MI as a concept based on prevention. About 80% stated they use CRA in clinical practice, mostly without any specific form. If 80.4% of the respondents would base their treatment plans on CRA, only 55.1% would regularly plan preventive regimens according to individual risk level. However, while 96.6% declared they perform preventive DSs, only 44.3% considered therapeutic sealants as a routine treatment. Although 75.1% of FDSs stated that they had sufficient learning and training related to CRA, 55.9% thought that they need further education about preventive and therapeutic DSs. CONCLUSION: Although FDSs seem to be aware of the importance of CRA and preventive strategies, this study shows the need to harmonize the teaching in cariology according to the latest European recommendations. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: A national questionnaire study showed variability towards knowledge and opinions of FDSs related to MI in cariology. This may impact care provisions in their future professional life showing the urgent need to harmonize the teaching of MI in cariology in France.
OBJECTIVES: A national questionnaire study was performed to document knowledge and opinions of French dental students (FDSs) about minimal intervention (MI) in dentistry especially caries risk assessment (CRA) and dental sealants (DSs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire was administered to the fifth-year dental FDSs (n = 1370) from the 16 French dental schools. Descriptive and statistical analyses were performed. RESULTS: The response rate was 84.5%. A large majority of respondents (87.8%) linked MI with minimally invasive dentistry and 77.4% considered MI as a concept based on prevention. About 80% stated they use CRA in clinical practice, mostly without any specific form. If 80.4% of the respondents would base their treatment plans on CRA, only 55.1% would regularly plan preventive regimens according to individual risk level. However, while 96.6% declared they perform preventive DSs, only 44.3% considered therapeutic sealants as a routine treatment. Although 75.1% of FDSs stated that they had sufficient learning and training related to CRA, 55.9% thought that they need further education about preventive and therapeutic DSs. CONCLUSION: Although FDSs seem to be aware of the importance of CRA and preventive strategies, this study shows the need to harmonize the teaching in cariology according to the latest European recommendations. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: A national questionnaire study showed variability towards knowledge and opinions of FDSs related to MI in cariology. This may impact care provisions in their future professional life showing the urgent need to harmonize the teaching of MI in cariology in France.
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