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Table 3 Responses regarding diagnosis of MIH

From: A cross-sectional survey on knowledge and attitudes of Greek dentists regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation diagnosis and treatment

 

GDPs

Paediatric Dentists

Orthodontics

Dentists of other Specialties

Total

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Diagnosis based on

 Clinical examination

176 (95)

59 (100)

35 (92)

70 (90)

340 (94)

 Radiographs

18 (10)

9 (15)

5 (13)

7 (9)

39 (11)

 Fluorescence devices

13 (7)

1 (2)

2 (5)

8 (10)

24 (7)

 None

7 (4)

0 (0)

1 (3)

4 (5)

12 (3)

Main clinical characteristics

 White-creamy lesions

113 (61)

38 (64)

18 (47)

41 (53)

212 (59)

 Brown-yellow lesions*

115 (62)

48 (81)**

28 (74)**

54 (69)

245 (68)

 Atypical restorations

69 (37)

25 (42)

14 (37)

20 (26)

128 (36)

 Tooth structure loss

64 (35)

29 (49)

11 (29)

26 (33)

130 (36)

Differential Diagnosis from conditions that resemble MIH

 Fluorosis

67 (36)

29 (49)

12 (32)

24 (31)

132 (37)

 Amelogenesis Imperfecta*

85 (46)**

40 (68)

25 (66)

43 (55)

193 (54)

 White spot lesions

144 (78)

53 (90)

31 (82)

68 (87)

296 (82)

  1. GDPs General Dental Practitioners
  2. *statistical significance p < 0.05
  3. **statistical significance p < 0.05 with Student’s t-test