Brazilian dentists’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards minimal intervention dentistry: development and psychometric analysis
Regina Cardoso de Moura, Matheus França Perazzo, Soraya Coelho Leal, Lucianne Cople Maia, Carla Massignan · 2026
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Regina Cardoso de Moura and colleagues build the first validated yardstick for dentists' grasp of minimal intervention dentistry in a 2026 instrument study. The approach favors prevention, early catches, and repair over drill-and-fill habits, yet no sound tool measured whether dentists know, can do, and embrace it. Items drafted with expert review and focus groups were fielded to dentists across Brazil's Federal District.
After revisions, 454 dentists took the questionnaire and 404 responses fed the factor analysis. Statistics settled on two factors mirroring the competency frame of knowledge, skills, and attitudes together. Reliability cleared the adequacy bar, and fit measures mostly behaved, though one error index ran high and a single-factor reading was firmly rejected. The authors offer the tool as a common ruler for training programs and policy checks.
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| CREATOR | Regina Cardoso de Moura, Matheus França Perazzo, Soraya Coelho Leal, Lucianne Cople Maia, Carla Massignan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24727 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |