In vivo diagnostic assessment of dentinal caries by junior and senior students using red acid dye.
The aim of this study was firstly to determine and compare the ability of inexperienced junior dental students (Fourth-year) and senior students (Fifth-year) versus a dental school instructor to identify demineralized dentine with the aid of a caries-disclosing solution and secondly to evaluate an eventual improvement of the caries diagnosis accuracy of junior (Fourth-year) and senior (Fifth-year) dental students. Three successive stages were used to check the ability of the dental students to diagnose and excavate the de-mineralized dentine. This study pointed out that 96% of junior dental students versus a teacher failed to remove all of the demineralized dentine without the use of a caries detector at the first stage and 79% at the second stage in the same condition. 100% of senior students versus a teacher, also failed to diagnose dental caries without a caries detector, but only at the first stage. However, at the second stage, unlike the junior students, all of the senior students were able to remove all of the demineralized dentine. Without the use of a caries detector dye, the risks of the dental students leaving demineralized dentine are high. This technique may be particularly helpful for the fourth-year students who are performing their first restorative treatment.
Tassery
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Department of Operative Dentistry and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dental Surgery, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. dominique.tassery@wanadoo.fr
Déjou
J
J
Chafaie
A
A
Camps
J
J
D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003737:Dental Cavity Preparation; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000473:pathology; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D003804:Dentin / Q000473:pathology*; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D011409:Propylene Glycols; D012235:Rhodamines; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013335:Students, Dental; D017001:Tooth Demineralization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
C089090:Caries Detector; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011409:Propylene Glycols; D012235:Rhodamines