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Table 2 DPs’ descriptions of the FiCTION treatment arms

From: Dental professionals’ experiences of managing children with carious lesions in their primary teeth – a qualitative study within the FiCTION randomised controlled trial

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)

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’