Assessment of the frequency of routine removal of dental plaque prior to caries diagnosis by dentists in three cities in southern Brazil

• Main Authors: Carlos Heitor Cunha Moreira (Author), Julio Eduardo do Amaral Zenkner (Author), Eduardo Machado (Author), Rachel de Oliveira Rocha (Author), Luciano Casagrande (Author), Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rosing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of routine use of dental prophylaxis prior to visual inspection, in order to diagnose caries, by dentists with different lapses of time after graduating time. One hundred and fifty one Brazilian dentists were interviewed in 3 Brazilian cities to dete...