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Not yet recruitingNCT06806254Updated Feb 4, 2025

Attitude and Practice for Deep Caries Management Between Egyptian and Indian Dentists : a Cross Sectional Study

An observational study in Deep Dental Caries, sponsored by Cairo University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Egypt. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-04.

Sponsored by Cairo University · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2025, 1 year 3 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
766
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study type: Observational Study To assess and compare the attitudes, and practices of dentists in Egypt and India regarding the removal of deep dentin caries and preferred restorative strategies. In addition to correlate between dentist's understanding of caries and its treatment and factors such as age, gender, degree of education and clinical setting.

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Study type:Observational study To evaluate and compare the views and practices of dentists in Egypt and India concerning the removal of deep dentin caries and their preferred restorative approaches. Additionally, the study aims to examine the relationship between dentists' understanding of caries and its treatment, along with factors such as age, gender, level of education, and clinical environment.

primary outcome-Attitudes, and practices of dentists in Egypt and India regarding the removal of deep dentin caries and their preferred restorative strategies.

secondary outcome:The relationship between dentists' attitudes and their practices in managing deep caries treatment may be affected by factors such as age, gender, education level, and clinical experience.

comparison groups: Population (P1): Dentists practicing in Egypt

  • Population(P2) : Dentists practicing in India
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Conditions studied

  • Deep Dental Caries

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Keywords

  • Deep Caries
  • Dentine caries
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In context

Dental Caries

1,109 studies on the registry are indexed under Dental Caries; 197 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 766 is above the median of 180 across 177 observational studies indexed under Dental Caries.

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Lead sponsor

Cairo University is the lead sponsor of 4,780 studies on the registry; 1,427 are open to participants now.

Of its 36 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (14%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Dentists (at various levels of education and years of practice) practicing in Egypt and India: Educational Background: Various qualifications, such as dental degrees and specialized training. Years of Practice: Categories of experience: less than 5 years, 5-10 years, and over 10 years. Geographic Location: Dentists from diverse urban and rural regions.

Inclusion criteria

  • Inclusion: Licensed dentists actively practicing in Egypt or India.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Exclusion: Dentists not currently practicing or recent graduates without practical experience
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
766 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Attitude of practicing patient in Egypt and India regarding deep caries management

    Current Attitude and how dentist think regarding strategies of deep caries management either complete caries removal or partial/ selective caries removal. And which is thought to be the most rationalized concept to use according to each dentist. This will be done using a previously validated questionaire

    Time frame: Through study completion,an average of 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Practice of Egyptian and Indian dentist to deep caries management practices

    The adopted strategy the dentist practices in daily management of deep caries lesions. This will be measured using a previously validated questionnaire

    Time frame: Through study completion,an average of 3 months

  2. Impact of demographic data on dentist attitude and practice regarding deep caries management

    Impact of each of age, gender, geographic location , educational level and experience of dentists on how they think about caries management strategies and how they practice it. Each variant will be analyzed statistically solely. Demographic data will be collected by a questionnaire

    Time frame: Through study completion,an average of 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo university
    Cairo, 12613, Egypt
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 4, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06806254
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Responsible party
Fahme Liyakath pk (Principle investigator, Cairo University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 4, 2025
Start date
Mar 1, 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 4, 2025

Study contacts

Fahme pk Liyakath, Doctor
Contact
fahme.pk@dentistry.cu.edu.eg
+201128717427
Alaa fathi Abdelsalam, Doctor
Contact
alaa.fathi@dentistry.cu.edu.eg
+201010890484
Iman El Sayad, Iman El Sayad
study director · Professor of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Cairo University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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