Ezzeldin Tarek, Al-Awasi Khalaf A, Bader Rawan M, Alshaikhi Abdulaziz Y, Hakami Ashwaq H, Siddiqui Intisar Ahmad, Almulhim Ahmad A, Alsubaie Turki M
Medical Program Director Saudi Board Pediatric Dentistry, Dammam Specialized Dental Center, Dammam Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Medical Program Director Saudi Board Endodontics, Dammam Specialized Dental Center, Dammam Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Dent J. 2021 Dec;33(8):1166-1173. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2021.01.005. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
A major shift has occured in the trend of dealing with dental caries from primary to secondary prevention, specially after SDF approval off-label by US FDA in recent years and Hall Technique (HT) in the last decade.
To determine the frequency of awareness and use of Silver Diammine Fluoride (SDF) and Hall technique among dental professionals in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in a public hospital, metropolitan city of Middle Eastern region between March 15, 2019 & January 31, 2020. Dental practitioners were requested, with their consent, to fill up a digitally designed survey. Chi-square test on SPSS-20.0 was applied to compare frequency of awareness and use of SDF and HALL Technique among the survey participants.
The awareness of SDF was found to be 73.6% among specialists, 54.9% among graduates and 29.6% among students whereas awareness of HALL technique for stainless steel crown in pediatric dentistry was found statistically similar in all participants groups i.e. 42.7% in students, 55.5% in graduates and 54.9% in specialist group (p = 0.125).
The results show potential with regards to awareness of dental specialists & postgraduate residents but inadequate among general dentists and students though all were keen advocates and found committed to its use to help the community. It points towards a further need of the of education for all groups. Those non- invasive techniques are very useful tools in general but specifically during Covid-19 pandemic where they can play a major role in preventing the spread of infection, arresting decay, alleviating pain and anxiety without resorting to aggressive treatment like pulp treatment/extraction. Low response rate may be improved in future through the respondents' counselling and regular follow up.
近年来，美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）批准自拟用途使用氟化亚锡（SDF）以及过去十年中霍尔技术（HT）出现后，在龋齿治疗趋势方面已发生了从一级预防到二级预防的重大转变。
确定沙特阿拉伯东部省份牙科专业人员对氟化亚锡（SDF）和霍尔技术的知晓率及使用率。
这项横断面研究于2019年3月15日至2020年1月31日在中东地区大都市的一家公立医院进行。经牙科从业者同意，要求他们填写一份数字化设计的调查问卷。运用SPSS - 20.0软件进行卡方检验，以比较调查参与者对SDF和霍尔技术的知晓率及使用率。
发现专科医生中SDF知晓率为73.6%，毕业生中为54.9%，学生中为29.6%；而在所有参与者组中，儿童牙科中不锈钢冠的霍尔技术知晓率在统计学上相似，即学生中为42.7%，毕业生中为55.5%，专科医生组中为54.9%（p = 0.125）。
结果表明，牙科专科医生和研究生住院医师的知晓情况有潜力，但普通牙医和学生的知晓情况不足，尽管他们都是热心倡导者，并致力于使用该技术来帮助社区。这表明所有群体都进一步需要接受教育。这些非侵入性技术总体上是非常有用的工具，特别是在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，它们在预防感染传播、阻止龋齿发展、缓解疼痛和焦虑方面可发挥重要作用，而无需采取诸如牙髓治疗/拔牙等积极治疗措施。未来通过对受访者进行咨询和定期随访，可能会提高低回复率。
