Treatment arm | Materials (tangible physical things, technologies, infrastructure, the stuff of which objects are made) | Competences (understanding, skill, know-how and technique) | Existing Meanings (symbolic meanings, ideas and aspirations already linked into an entity) | Potential Meanings (symbolic meanings, ideas and aspirations that have the potential to be linked into an entity) |
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Conventional (C + P) | Drill Filling material LA Needle | Removing carious tooth tissue Filling carious lesions Negotiating use of LA with child Injecting LA | ‘Familiar’ ‘Supposed to do’ ‘Routine’ ‘Effective’ ‘Off-putting’ | ‘Ineffective’ |
Biological (B + P) | PMCs Glass ionomer cement | Identifying the correct size crown Applying the PMC Applying glass ionomer cement | ‘Unfamiliar’ | ‘Familiar’ ‘Effective’ |
Prevention alone (PA) | Fluoride varnish Fissure sealant Diet sheets | Applying fluoride varnish Providing advice to parents Providing advice to children Achieving behaviour change at home | ‘Familiar’ ‘Routine’ ‘Insufficient’ |