IADR Abstract Archives
Acceptability of Managing Caries With CCI in a Postgraduates’ Program.
Objectives: The translation of caries care evidence and best practices into the practice
has been a challenge.The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability of using the CariesCare
International caries-management system (CCI) with the designed oral-health software
prototype (UNICA with Gestion Odontológica®, Colombia) in the Operative-Dentistry-and-
Dental-Biomaterials Postgraduate clinics at Universidad El Bosque.
Methods: Counting with Ethical Board’s approval and signed consent, 13 postgraduate residents supervised by the clinical teacher managed their patients using the CCI-4D cycle (1D: Determine Caries Risk; 2D: Detect lesions, stage their severity and assess their activity status; 3D: Decide appropriate care plan; 4D: Do the preventive and tooth-preserving care) supported with the oral-health record software. The time spent to complete the oral-health record was registered by an assistant. CCI caries care was then conducted. After four months residents answered a TEI (Treatment Evaluation Inventory) questionnaire to assess the acceptability of residents with the use of the CCI system together with the oral-health record software prototype. Descriptive statistics were used.
Results: Thirteen 24 to 30-year-old residents (1 st year: n=7; 2 nd year: n=6; 77% female) participated. The mean completion time of the oral-health record was 30.±2. minutes (not significantly different from that of the one used regularly, p>0.05). Residents reported a high level of acceptance after implementing the CCI 4D caries management cycle, with an increased understanding and commitment with regard to their patients’ treatment plan (92.4%), the non-operative management of caries lesions (92.3%) and the modification of patients’ oral health practices towards two daily toothbrushing with fluoridated toothpaste (91.5%), and the control and reduction of daily consumption of free sugars (69.2%).
Conclusions: This study showed that residents highly accepted using the CCI system together with the oral-health record software prototype in the postgraduates’ clinics.
Acknowledgment: This study was funded by Universidad El Bosque, Research Department (PCI-2023-0041)
has been a challenge.The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability of using the CariesCare
International caries-management system (CCI) with the designed oral-health software
prototype (UNICA with Gestion Odontológica®, Colombia) in the Operative-Dentistry-and-
Dental-Biomaterials Postgraduate clinics at Universidad El Bosque.
Methods: Counting with Ethical Board’s approval and signed consent, 13 postgraduate residents supervised by the clinical teacher managed their patients using the CCI-4D cycle (1D: Determine Caries Risk; 2D: Detect lesions, stage their severity and assess their activity status; 3D: Decide appropriate care plan; 4D: Do the preventive and tooth-preserving care) supported with the oral-health record software. The time spent to complete the oral-health record was registered by an assistant. CCI caries care was then conducted. After four months residents answered a TEI (Treatment Evaluation Inventory) questionnaire to assess the acceptability of residents with the use of the CCI system together with the oral-health record software prototype. Descriptive statistics were used.
Results: Thirteen 24 to 30-year-old residents (1 st year: n=7; 2 nd year: n=6; 77% female) participated. The mean completion time of the oral-health record was 30.±2. minutes (not significantly different from that of the one used regularly, p>0.05). Residents reported a high level of acceptance after implementing the CCI 4D caries management cycle, with an increased understanding and commitment with regard to their patients’ treatment plan (92.4%), the non-operative management of caries lesions (92.3%) and the modification of patients’ oral health practices towards two daily toothbrushing with fluoridated toothpaste (91.5%), and the control and reduction of daily consumption of free sugars (69.2%).
Conclusions: This study showed that residents highly accepted using the CCI system together with the oral-health record software prototype in the postgraduates’ clinics.
Acknowledgment: This study was funded by Universidad El Bosque, Research Department (PCI-2023-0041)