Knowledge of Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth Among a Group of Dental Students in Egypt

Vital Pulp Therapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Knowledge of Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth Among a Group of Dental Students in Egypt: A Cross-sectional Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06348914
• Other study ID #: 6991
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: September 10, 2024
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Mariam Ma Gindy, Bachelor
• Phone: +201272020703
• Email: mariam.gindy[@]dentistry.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Conducting this questionnaire will help in collecting information about the extent of knowledge of vital pulp therapy in permanent teeth among dental students in Egypt. This will aid in identifying the knowledge gap, interest, and challenges regarding utilization of vital pulp therapy in permanent teeth.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 323
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: November 10, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dental students who live in Egypt.

• Dental students who are willing to participate

• Fifth-year students.

Exclusion Criteria:

-Responses with incomplete information

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Vital Pulp Therapy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Knowledge assessment
survey on knowledge of a group of dental students regarding vital pulp therapy

Other:
• Educational Material
An awareness lecture on vital pulp therapy will be given to a group of the students right after they answer the questionnaire for the first time.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

References & Publications (8)

AAE Position Statement on Vital Pulp Therapy. J Endod. 2021 Sep;47(9):1340-1344. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2021.07.015. Epub 2021 Aug 3. No abstract available. — View Citation

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Pulp therapy for primary and immature permanent teeth. The Reference Manual of Pediatric Dentistry. Chicago, Ill.: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; 2022:415-23

Bogen G, Dammaschke T, Chandler N. Vital pulp therapy. In: Berman L, Hargreaves KM, editors. Pathways of the Pulp. 12th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2021.

Doumani MD, Arnous WA, Alsafadi MF, Alnazer HA, Alanazi SM, Alotaibi KS, Al-Ammari AI. The Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth: A Dental Practitioner's Perspective from Saudi Arabia. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2020 Jun 15;10(3):300-308. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_69_19. eCollection 2020 May-Jun. — View Citation

Guan X, Zhou Y, Yang Q, Zhu T, Chen X, Deng S, Zhang D. Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth with Irreversible Pulpitis Caused by Caries: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Pers Med. 2021 Nov 1;11(11):1125. doi: 10.3390/jpm11111125. — View Citation

Kakudate N, Yokoyama Y, Sumida F, Matsumoto Y, Gordan VV, Gilbert GH. Dentists' practice patterns of treatment for deep occlusal caries: Findings from a dental practice-based research network. J Dent. 2019 May;84:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2019.03.009. Epub 2019 Mar 29. — View Citation

Parmar G, Singh S, Hegde JA, Kumar M, Kalyan S. Launching a new fellowship in microrestorative and endodontics for postgraduates in conservative dentistry and endodontics. J Conserv Dent. 2020 Jul-Aug;23(4):370-373. doi: 10.4103/JCD.JCD_328_20. Epub 2021 Jan 16. — View Citation

Wisniewski JF, Norooz S, Callahan D, Mohajeri A. Survey of Vital Pulp Therapy Treatment in Permanent Dentition Being Taught at U.S. Dental Schools. J Endod. 2022 Sep;48(9):1107-1112. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2022.06.009. Epub 2022 Jul 5. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge of vital pulp therapy	Measured by a questionnaire, and the measuring unit is multiple choice questions.	from the 10th of September 2024 to the 10th of October 2024
Secondary	Knowledge after awareness about vital pulp therapy	Measured by a questionnaire, and the measuring unit is multiple choice questions.	from the 10th of October 2024 to the 10th of November 2024