Unveiling dental diagnostic dilemmas: a national survey of US dentists
Enihomo Obadan-Udoh, Rachel Howard · 2025
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Enihomo Obadan-Udoh and Rachel Howard survey United States dentists about diagnostic slips, in a 2025 study. Wrong calls in dentistry draw little research, though they can wound a patient's daily life and trust. The team asked dentists nationwide about slips they had made and slips they had seen in peers. They also logged which diseases get misread, at what stage, and what drives the errors.
Over 600 dentists answered. About four in ten said they saw a peer slip every day or week, yet only about one in eight owned up to slipping that often themselves. Tooth pulp and gum diseases, sinus trouble, and head and neck cancers topped the misread list. Younger dentists and the busiest ones owned up more. The authors say the field needs open talk and training about diagnostic error.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Enihomo Obadan-Udoh, Rachel Howard |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |