Shadi Tamur, Raghad Mousa Alasmari, Matooqa Abdulkareem Alnemari, Manar Abdullah Altowairgi, Atheer Hammad Altowairqi, Nouf Mohammed Alshamrani, Maryam Aljaid, Sultan Al-Malki, Abdullah Khayat, Ahmad Alzahrani, Anwar Shams
Knowledge and Attitudes around First Aid and Basic Life Support of Kindergarten and Elementary School Teachers and Parents in Taif City, Saudi Arabia
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
purpose study evaluate caries treatment decisions agreement primary teeth among boardcertified pedi atric dentistry faculty single teaching institution ten fulltime faculty selected treatment 64 primary teeth 17 children based clinical photos radiographs cases presented three different social behavioral scenarios descriptive kappa statistics calculated interrater reliability 059 decision surgical versus nonsurgical level 055 treatmentspecific decision e g crown versus extraction surgical treatments predominant preference 76 percent responses non surgical treatments preferred earlystage lesions nonideal social behavioral scenarios surgical options unanimously preferred sedation general anesthesia different clinical scenarios highlight different treatment preferences among faculty emphasis placed calibrating decisionmaking process selecting caries treatment primary teeth among pediatric dentists