Role of the Health Professional in the Delivery of Caries Prevention. Volume 2. Physicians

摘要

The Contractor assessed the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and current actions of practicing dentists and physicians regarding caries prevention methods. For the purposes of this contract, techniques and agents considered as caries preventive were limited to fluoride therapies (exclusive of water fluoridation). The results are based on analysis of national survey of 4,000 dentists and 2,000 physicians. A 74.5% response rate was obtained for dentists and 49.3% for physicians. The results presented are based on multivariate analysis and provide an overall picture of the interrelation of the variables studied.