TY  - GEN 
AU  - San Martín, Laura
AU  - Castaño, Antonio
AU  - Bravo Pérez, Manuel
AU  - Tavares, Mary
AU  - Niederman, Richard
AU  - Ogunbodede, Eyitope O
PY  - 2013
SN  - 1472-6831
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29881
AB  - [Background] 

Multiple guidelines and systematic reviews recommend sealant use to reduce caries risk. Yet, multiple reports also indicate that sealants are significantly underutilized. This study examined the knowledge, opinions, values, and...
AB  - [Methods] 

The survey’s target population was dentists working in western Andalusia, equally distributed in the provinces of Seville, Cadiz, and Huelva (N=2,047). A convenience sample of meeting participants and meeting participant email lists...
AB  - [Results] 

The survey population demographics included 190 men (48%) and 206 women (52%) with an average clinical experience of 10.6 (± 8.4) years and 9.3 (± 7.5) years, respectively. A significant sex difference was observed in the distribution of...
AB  - [Conclusions] 

The results suggest that, similar to other countries, Andalusian dentists know that sealants are effective, have neutral to positive attitudes toward sealants; though, based on epidemiological studies, underuse sealants. Therefore,...
LA  - eng
PB  - Biomed Central
KW  - Fissure sealants
KW  - Dental
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Children
KW  - Oral health
KW  - Spain
TI  - Dental sealant knowledge, opinion, values and practice of Spanish dentists
ER  -