DPBRN Reasons for Placing the First Restoration on Permanent Tooth Surfaces

Completed

Conditions studied: Dental Caries

In brief

The purpose of this study was to document the reasons for placing the first restoration ("filling") on a previously un-restored surface in a permanent ("adult") tooth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00847470

Run by

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

People needed

5810

Starts

2006-06-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-18

Who can join

Age: 6 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• participants directly involved in this study were patients who sought dental treatment in the practitioner-investigators' practices
• any tooth surface that was previously unrestored was eligible for this study, provided that it was on a permanent ("adult") tooth. This means that permanent first molars were eligible, which typically erupt at about age 6 years. This means that persons age 6 and older were enrolled in the study and there was no upper age limit.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• University of Florida College of Dentistry — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Health Partners Dental Group — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Health Partners Research Foundation — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research — Portland, Oregon, United States
• Permanente Denrtal Associates — Portland, Oregon, United States
• University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College — Copenhagen, Denmark

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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