November 2008 | Dental Products Report
DPR Survey
MID Survey: Results
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It’s great to educate
Have you participated in any CE courses in the last 2 years on MID care?
Where did you receive your MID CE credit?*
In person at CE events/courses
| 92% |
Professional journal
| 31% |
Printed CE materials
| 26%
|
Web seminars
| 12% |
Audio teleconference
| 5% |
| Other | 5% |
| * Multiple responses accepted |
Do you plan to attend any CE courses specifically focused on MID treatment in the next year?
How would you categorize your interest and practice of MID?*
| Taken some classes, integrating in small steps | 45% |
| Interested in learning more, not practicing | 32% |
Expert, committed to MID in as many cases/procedures as possible
| 22%
|
| Not interested, not practicing | 2%
|
| *Totals do not equal 100% due to rounding. |
Changing your protocol
Have you changed your treatment protocol in the last three years to include more MID procedures?
What’s the deal with CAMBRA?
Can you define CAMBRA?
Do you have an established CAMBRA protocol in your practice?
If you answered Yes to the previous question, how often do you and your staff adhere to that protocol?
Frequently
| 77%
|
Occasionally
| 23% |
How often do you work with your dental staff to provide new information on MID treatments and preventive care?*
Frequently
| 18% |
| Occasionally | 47% |
| Rarely | 23% |
Never
| 13% |
Keeping patients up to date
How often do you provide patients with educational materials to inform them about many of the newer MID treatments available?
Frequently
| 21% |
| Occasionally | 36% |
| Rarely | 24% |
| Never | 19% |
| *Totals do not equal 100% due to rounding. |
Technology a key component
What products or technology do you associate with MID?*
Magnification
| 84% |
| Laser/LED decay detection | 72% |
| Digital radiography | 69% |
| Air-abrasion | 62% |
| Caries management, testing systems | 52% |
| Oral cancer detection systems | 43% |
| Hard-tissue lasers | 36% |
| Implants | 36% |
| Soft-tissue lasers | 35% |
| Oral bacteria testing, management | 34% |
| CAD/CAM restoration fabrication | 25%
|
| Other | 8% |
| * Multiple responses accepted. |
SURVEY FINDINGS
58% read the MID Report in DPR either frequently or occasionally
52% of the respondents indicated they had changed their treatment protocol in the last three years to incorporate more MID procedures.
65% either frequently or occasionally work with their staffs to provide new information on MID treatments and preventive care, while 21% frequently provide patients with MID educational materials.
46% of you told us that you had participated in a CE course on MID in the last two years, and that in-person CE events/courses were the top places to receive such education.
ABOUT THIS DPR SURVEY
The November 2008 DPR Minimally Invasive Survey was e-mailed between Sept. 24 and Oct. 6 to 2,393 general practitioners in the United States. The survey was completed by 133 GPs for a response rate of 5.6%.
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