Table 1.
Distribution of subjects regarding demographic data, diagnostic data and data on explicit preferences. M: male, F: female, PSG: Primary school graduate, MSG: Middle school graduate, HSG: High school graduate, UG: University graduate, NE: No education, APA: Acute periradicular abscess, APP: acute periradicular periodontitis, SIP: Symptomatic irreversible pulpitis, RCT: Root canal treatment, Ext: Extraction, Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not available.
| Demographic data | Diagnostic data | Explicit preferences | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Age | Sex | Education level | Teeth type | Diagnosis | Pain score | Percussion | Palpation | Referred pain | Required Treatment | Requested Treatment | Would you accept if the extraction is proposed? | Would you choose extraction if it were your anterior teeth? | If you were not in excessive pain would you consider other options than extraction? | Have you ever had a RCT before? |
| 1 | 20 | M | HSG | 46 | APA | 9 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 2 | 46 | F | UG | 36 | APA | 9 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 3 | 56 | F | UG | 37 | APA | 8 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 4 | 42 | M | MSG | 17 | APA | 8 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 5 | 35 | F | UG | 16 | SIP | 10 | - | - | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 6 | 46 | F | HSG | 31 | APA | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 7 | 19 | M | HSG | 47 | APP | 7 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | N |
| 8 | 20 | F | UG | 46 | SIP | 8 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | N |
| 9 | 57 | M | UG | 32 | APP | 7 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 10 | 27 | M | MSG | 26 | APP | 7 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 11 | 40 | F | UG | 26 | APP | 7 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 12 | 49 | F | PSG | 21 | APA | 5 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 13 | 24 | F | HSG | 46 | APA | 6 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 14 | 25 | F | UG | 36 | APP | 8 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | N |
| 15 | 38 | M | UG | 44 | APA | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 16 | 22 | M | MSG | 46 | APA | 8 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | N |
| 17 | 27 | M | UG | 15 | APA | 6 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 18 | 25 | M | HSG | 38 | SIP | 9 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 19 | 25 | M | HSG | 26 | APA | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 20 | 35 | F | UG | 14 | APP | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 21 | 57 | F | PSG | 45 | APP | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 22 | 35 | F | HSG | 47 | SIP | 10 | - | - | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | N |
| 23 | 23 | M | HSG | 46 | APP | 6 | + | + | - | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | N |
| 24 | 53 | F | UG | 27 | APA | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 25 | 52 | F | NE | 15 | APP | 10 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | N |
| 26 | 33 | F | UG | 45 | SIP | 8 | + | + | + | RCT | RCT | Y | N/A | N/A | Y |
| 27 | 37 | F | UG | 24 | SIP | 9 | - | - | + | RCT | RCT | N | N/A | N/A | N |
| 28 | 18 | F | HSG | 36 | SIP | 10 | - | - | + | RCT | Ext | Y | N | Y | N |
| 29 | 51 | M | HSG | 47 | APP | 9 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 30 | 44 | M | PSG | 23 | SIP | 9 | + | + | + | RCT | Ext | Y | Y | Y | Y |