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9088698

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
A conceptual model of dentists' treatment decision-making is discussed. The model suggests that dentists do not use a hypothetico-deductive process for the diagnosis of caries. Rather, caries is identified through a process of pattern recognition that in most instances is inextricably linked to intervention decisions. Individual dentists have inventories of caries scripts that, when matched by a particular clinical presentation, lead to decisions to treat. The scripts comprise salient factors that are dependent on individual dentist's characteristics and biases, and thus vary substantially across dentists. The scripts tend to be complex, highly visual, and difficult to describe. All of these characteristics suggest that efforts to improve dentists' caries-related treatment decisions should acknowledge this knowledge structure and be designed to change the salient factors or interpretations of salient factors within the context of the caries script.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0301-5661
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
97-103
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
What do we know about how dentists make caries-related treatment decisions?
pubmed:affiliation
School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7590, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review