List of works - Nigel B Pitts

A longitudinal study of the dental care of adults in the general dental service in Scotland: the first 6 years, 1988-1994 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 1998

A mathematical model for the progression of approximal carious lesions through enamel

scientific article published in April 1984

A randomised controlled trial of the caries-preventive efficacy of a chlorhexidine-containing varnish in high-caries-risk adolescents

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Actuarial life-table analysis of lower impacted wisdom teeth in general dental practice

scientific article published on 23 November 2009

An economic analysis of implementing the SIGN third molar guideline: implications for the design and analysis of implementation studies

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

An image analysis system for the determination of tooth dimensions from study casts: comparison with manual measurements of mesio-distal diameter

scientific article published in March 1986

An in vivo comparison of radiographic and directly assessed clinical caries status of posterior approximal surfaces in primary and permanent teeth

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

An in vivo evaluation in children of the HPL bitewing device

scientific article published in December 1989

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of lumbar spine x-ray for low back pain in UK primary care practice

scientific article published on 28 May 2011

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics

scientific article published on 3 August 2007

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of placing preventive fissure sealants

scientific article

Applying psychological theory to evidence-based clinical practice: Identifying factors predictive of taking intra-oral radiographs

article

Approximal radiolucencies in partially overlapped enamel: the need for quantitation and a preliminary assessment of a computer-aided image analysis method

scientific article published on 01 April 1986

Asking the academics ⬇️

scientific article published on November 22, 1997

Assessing oral health-related quality of life in general dental practice in Scotland: validation of the OHIP-14.

scientific article published in February 2006

Birth Weight, Breastfeeding, Maternal Smoking and Caries Trajectories

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Blood borne viruses: precautions against cross-infection in routine dental practice in Scotland

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

Can psychological models bridge the gap between clinical guidelines and clinicians' behaviour? A randomised controlled trial of an intervention to influence dentists' intention to implement evidence-based practice.

scientific article published on October 2003

Caries classification and management in the context of the CariesCare International (CCI™) consensus: a clinical case study

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Caries management pathways preserve dental tissues and promote oral health.

scientific article

Caries management strategies used by a group of Scottish dentists

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Caries risk assessment, diagnosis and synthesis in the context of a European Core Curriculum in Cariology.

scientific article

Caries-associated micro-organisms in infants from different socio-economic backgrounds in Scotland

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

CariesCare practice guide: consensus on evidence into practice

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Changing Clinicians’ Behavior: a Randomized Controlled Trial of Fees and Education

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Changing the behavior of healthcare professionals: the use of theory in promoting the uptake of research findings

article

Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: Monitoring and delivery.

scientific article

Clinical trials and legal liability in the UK.

scientific article

Clinical visual caries detection.

scientific article published on 03 June 2009

Consensus on domains, formation objectives and contents in cariology for undergraduate dental students in Colombia.

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Defining dental caries for 2010 and beyond.

scientific article published in July 2010

Dens evaginatus in the Hong Kong Chinese population

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

Dental Health Services Research Unit celebrates 30 years: Report of conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the Dental Health Services Research Unit (DHSRU) at Dundee, held on 1st December 2008

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Detection and measurement of approximal radiolucencies by computer-aided image analysis.

scientific article published on September 1984

Detection of approximal radiolucencies in enamel: a preliminary comparison between experienced clinicians and an image analysis method

scientific article published on 01 October 1987

Developing and evaluating interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing by general practitioners of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: a randomised controlled trial to compare paper-based and web-based modelling experiments

scientific article

Developing the first dental care pathway: the oral health assessment

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Development of the Dundee Caries Risk Assessment Model (DCRAM)--risk model development using a novel application of CHAID analysis

scientific article published on 12 August 2011

Developments in radiographic caries diagnosis.

scientific article published on June 1993

Do incentives, reminders or reduced burden improve healthcare professional response rates in postal questionnaires? two randomised controlled trials

scientific article

Does social deprivation in 1, 2, 3 and 4-year-old Scottish infants influence the frequency isolation of caries-associated micro-organisms?

scientific article published in July 2001

Effectiveness of strategies to disseminate and implement clinical guidelines for the management of impacted and unerupted third molars in primary dental care, a cluster randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published in December 2004

Electrical Methods in Occlusal Caries Diagnosis: An in vitro Comparison with Visual Inspection and Bite–Wing Radiography ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Endoscopic and traditional methods of caries diagnosis--procedure report (2)

scientific article published on 01 October 1990

European Core Curriculum in Cariology for undergraduate dental students ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Explaining clinical behaviors using multiple theoretical models

scientific article

Film-holding, beam-aiming and collimating devices as an aid to standardization in intra-oral radiography: a review.

scientific article published on March 1984

Finishing of amalgam restorations: to what degree is it necessary?

scientific article published in April 1989

Five-year longitudinal study of restorative treatment received by Scottish children ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Further development of a computer-aided image analysis method of quantifying radiolucencies in approximal enamel

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

General dental practitioners diagnostic and treatment decisions related to fissure sealed surfaces

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Global burden of oral diseases: emerging concepts, management and interplay with systemic health

scientific article published on 24 December 2015

Global oral health inequalities: dental caries task group--research agenda.

scientific article

Glossary of key terms

scientific article published on 03 June 2009

Guiding the design and selection of interventions to influence the implementation of evidence-based practice: an experimental simulation of a complex intervention trial

scientific article published on 8 December 2004

IQuaD dental trial; improving the quality of dentistry: a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing oral hygiene advice and periodontal instrumentation for the prevention and management of periodontal disease in dentate adults attending dent

scientific article

Image analysis of bitewing radiographs: a histologically validated comparison with visual assessments of radiolucency depth in enamel

scientific article published on 01 March 1986

Image analysis of radiolucencies in approximal enamel: a comparison of xeroradiographic and conventional film images

scientific article published on 01 April 1989

Initial comparison between endoscopic and conventional methods of caries diagnosis

scientific article published on 01 July 1990

Initial investigations of a novel bioluminescence method for imaging dental demineralization

scientific article published on 28 January 2021

Integrity, maintenance and caries susceptibility of sealed surfaces in adolescents receiving regular care from general dental practitioners in Scotland ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1997

International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) and its International Caries Classification and Management System (ICCMS) - methods for staging of the caries process and enabling dentists to manage caries.

scientific article

International Consensus Workshop on Caries Clinical Trials (ICW-CCT)--final consensus statements: agreeing where the evidence leads.

scientific article published in January 2004

Knowledge may not be the best target for strategies to influence evidence-based practice: using psychological models to understand RCT effects.

scientific article

Lesion activity assessment.

scientific article published on 03 June 2009

Modern perspectives on caries activity and control ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Monitoring of caries progression in permanent and primary posterior approximal enamel by bitewing radiography.

scientific article published on August 1983

Monitoring the behaviour of posterior approximal carious lesions by image analysis of serial standardised bitewing radiographs

scientific article published in January 1987

Mounted human skulls as an aid to preclinical endodontic teaching

scientific article published on 01 April 1984

NHS Dentistry: Options for Change in context--a personal overview of a landmark document and what it could mean for the future of dental services.

scientific article published on December 2003

Non-carious tooth conditions in children in the UK, 2003.

scientific article

Occlusal caries detection in permanent molars according to WHO basic methods, ICDAS II and laser fluorescence measurements

scientific article

Oral health assessment in clinical practice: new perspectives on the need for a comprehensive and evidence based approach

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Oral hygiene, gingivitis and periodontal status of Libyan school children

scientific article published on December 1, 1991

Origin, training, and subsequent practice location of Scotland's General and Community dentists

scientific article published on 01 December 1989

PRIME--PRocess modelling in ImpleMEntation research: selecting a theoretical basis for interventions to change clinical practice

scientific article

Paper-based and web-based intervention modeling experiments identified the same predictors of general practitioners' antibiotic-prescribing behavior

article

Patient caries status in the context of practical, evidence-based management of the initial caries lesion ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 1997

Patterns of care and service use amongst children in the UK 2003.

scientific article published in April 2006

Performance and reproducibility of a laser fluorescence system for detection of occlusal caries in vitro.

scientific article

Post-brushing rinsing for the control of dental caries: exploration of the available evidence to establish what advice we should give our patients.

scientific article published on 13 April 2012

Precautions reported to be used against cross-infection and attitudes to the dental treatment of HIV-positive patients in routine clinical dental practice in Scotland

scientific article published on 01 December 1988

Preventive and minimal intervention dentistry in the undergraduate curriculum ⬇️

scientific article published on November 4, 2011

Recall strategies reported to be used by general dental practitioners in Scotland

scientific article published on 01 July 1988

Regression of approximal carious lesions diagnosed from serial standardized bitewing radiographs

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Remineralization/desensitization: what is known? What is the future?

scientific article published on January 2009

Reproducibility of computer-aided image-analysis-derived estimates of the depth and area of radiolucencies in approximal enamel

scientific article published on 01 October 1985

Restorative treatment thresholds reported to be used by dentists in Scotland

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

Risk-based, 6-monthly and 24-monthly dental check-ups for adults: the INTERVAL three-arm RCT

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Score system for behaviour of radiologically diagnosed approximal carious lesions

scientific article

Scottish dentists' preferences for remuneration and their opinions on the scope of General Dental Service treatment

scientific article

Scottish dentists' use of and opinions regarding bitewing radiography

scientific article published in November 1991

Sealants in dentistry: outcomes of the ORCA Saturday Afternoon Symposium 2007.

scientific article published on 31 December 2009

Shaping the future of dental education: Caries as a case-study.

scientific article published in March 2018

Some of the factors to be considered in the prescription and timing of bitewing radiography in the diagnosis and management of dental caries

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

Summary of: Treatment of early caries lesions using biomimetic self-assembling peptides--a clinical safety trial

scientific article published on 01 August 2013

Temporary elective tooth separation as a diagnostic aid in general dental practice

scientific article published on 01 August 1990

The International Caries Classification and Management System (ICCMS™) An Example of a Caries Management Pathway

scientific article

The International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS): an integrated system for measuring dental caries

scientific article published in June 2007

The caries experience of 5 year-old children in Scotland in 2013-2014, and in England and Wales in 2014-2015. Reports of cross-sectional dental surveys using BASCD criteria.

scientific article published on September 2017

The caries experience of 5-year-old children in Scotland, Wales and England in 2011-2012: reports of cross-sectional surveys using BASCD criteria

scientific article published in June 2014

The clinical behaviour of free smooth surface carious lesions monitored over 2 years in a group of Scottish children ⬇️

scientific article published on November 23, 1991

The dental caries experience of 11-year-old children in Great Britain. Surveys coordinated by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry in 2004 / 2005

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

The dental caries experience of 12-year-old children in the United Kingdom. Surveys coordinated by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry in 1996/97

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

The dental caries experience of 5-year-old children in Great Britain. Surveys coordinated by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry in 1993/94

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

The dentinal caries experience of children in the United Kingdom, 2003

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

The diagnosis of dental caries: 2. The detection of approximal, root surface and recurrent lesions

scientific article published on December 1, 1991

The differentiation of sealant restorations from preventive fissure sealants, in subjects with clear sealants

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

The fate of 1,587 unrestored carious deciduous teeth: a retrospective general dental practice based study from northern England

scientific article published in July 2002

The feasibility of data collection in dental practices, using codes for the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS), to allow European general dental practitioners to monitor dental caries at local, national, and international l

scientific article

The highly controversial payment reform of dentists in France: Seeking a new compromise after the 2017 strike

article

The impact of oral health on people in the UK in 1998.

scientific article published in February 2001

The prescription and timing of bitewing radiography in the diagnosis and management of dental caries: contemporary recommendations

scientific article published on March 21, 1992

The shape of the future of dental education for dental caries- and how we get there: Introduction to the ACFF Caries Workshop.

scientific article published in March 2018

The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocol

scientific article

The use of bitewing positioning devices in children's dentistry

scientific article published on 01 August 1991

The use of bitewing radiographs in the management of dental caries: scientific and practical considerations.

scientific article published on January 1996

The use of index teeth vs. full mouth in erosive tooth wear to assess risk factors in the diet: A cross-sectional epidemiological study

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

The use of magnification in general dental practice in Scotland--a survey report

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

The use of the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) in a National Health Service general dental practice as part of an oral health assessment.

scientific article published on October 2010

Tooth-brushing practices of parents and toddlers: a study of home-based videotaped sessions

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Understanding dentists' caries management: The COM-B ICCMS™ questionnaire

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Understanding the jigsaw of evidence-based dentistry. 2. Dissemination of research results

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Understanding the jigsaw of evidence-based dentistry. 3. Implementation of research findings in clinical practice

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Understanding the jigsaw of evidence-based dentistry: 1. Introduction, research and synthesis

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Urban-rural differences in dental caries of 5-year old children in Scotland ⬇️

scientific article published on September 29, 2010

Variation in methods used to determine national mean DMFT scores for 12-year-old children in European countries.

scientific article published on December 2016

Virtual centre for improving oral health — vC-IOH

article

Visual and tactile assessment of arrested initial enamel carious lesions: an in vivo pilot study

scientific article published in May 2005

[Endoscopic and traditional methods of caries diagnosis--procedure report (1)]

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

List of works by Nigel B Pitts

A longitudinal study of the dental care of adults in the general dental service in Scotland: the first 6 years, 1988-1994 ⬇️

A mathematical model for the progression of approximal carious lesions through enamel

A randomised controlled trial of the caries-preventive efficacy of a chlorhexidine-containing varnish in high-caries-risk adolescents

Actuarial life-table analysis of lower impacted wisdom teeth in general dental practice

An economic analysis of implementing the SIGN third molar guideline: implications for the design and analysis of implementation studies

An image analysis system for the determination of tooth dimensions from study casts: comparison with manual measurements of mesio-distal diameter

An in vivo comparison of radiographic and directly assessed clinical caries status of posterior approximal surfaces in primary and permanent teeth

An in vivo evaluation in children of the HPL bitewing device

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of lumbar spine x-ray for low back pain in UK primary care practice

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of placing preventive fissure sealants

Applying psychological theory to evidence-based clinical practice: Identifying factors predictive of taking intra-oral radiographs

Approximal radiolucencies in partially overlapped enamel: the need for quantitation and a preliminary assessment of a computer-aided image analysis method

Asking the academics ⬇️

Assessing oral health-related quality of life in general dental practice in Scotland: validation of the OHIP-14.

Birth Weight, Breastfeeding, Maternal Smoking and Caries Trajectories

Blood borne viruses: precautions against cross-infection in routine dental practice in Scotland

Can psychological models bridge the gap between clinical guidelines and clinicians' behaviour? A randomised controlled trial of an intervention to influence dentists' intention to implement evidence-based practice.

Caries classification and management in the context of the CariesCare International (CCI™) consensus: a clinical case study

Caries management pathways preserve dental tissues and promote oral health.

Caries management strategies used by a group of Scottish dentists

Caries risk assessment, diagnosis and synthesis in the context of a European Core Curriculum in Cariology.

Caries-associated micro-organisms in infants from different socio-economic backgrounds in Scotland

CariesCare practice guide: consensus on evidence into practice

Changing Clinicians’ Behavior: a Randomized Controlled Trial of Fees and Education

Changing the behavior of healthcare professionals: the use of theory in promoting the uptake of research findings

Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: Monitoring and delivery.

Clinical trials and legal liability in the UK.

Clinical visual caries detection.

Consensus on domains, formation objectives and contents in cariology for undergraduate dental students in Colombia.

Defining dental caries for 2010 and beyond.

Dens evaginatus in the Hong Kong Chinese population

Dental Health Services Research Unit celebrates 30 years: Report of conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the Dental Health Services Research Unit (DHSRU) at Dundee, held on 1st December 2008

Detection and measurement of approximal radiolucencies by computer-aided image analysis.

Detection of approximal radiolucencies in enamel: a preliminary comparison between experienced clinicians and an image analysis method

Developing and evaluating interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing by general practitioners of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: a randomised controlled trial to compare paper-based and web-based modelling experiments

Developing the first dental care pathway: the oral health assessment

Development of the Dundee Caries Risk Assessment Model (DCRAM)--risk model development using a novel application of CHAID analysis

Developments in radiographic caries diagnosis.

Do incentives, reminders or reduced burden improve healthcare professional response rates in postal questionnaires? two randomised controlled trials

Does social deprivation in 1, 2, 3 and 4-year-old Scottish infants influence the frequency isolation of caries-associated micro-organisms?

Effectiveness of strategies to disseminate and implement clinical guidelines for the management of impacted and unerupted third molars in primary dental care, a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Electrical Methods in Occlusal Caries Diagnosis: An in vitro Comparison with Visual Inspection and Bite–Wing Radiography ⬇️

Endoscopic and traditional methods of caries diagnosis--procedure report (2)

European Core Curriculum in Cariology for undergraduate dental students ⬇️

Explaining clinical behaviors using multiple theoretical models

Film-holding, beam-aiming and collimating devices as an aid to standardization in intra-oral radiography: a review.

Finishing of amalgam restorations: to what degree is it necessary?

Five-year longitudinal study of restorative treatment received by Scottish children ⬇️

Further development of a computer-aided image analysis method of quantifying radiolucencies in approximal enamel

General dental practitioners diagnostic and treatment decisions related to fissure sealed surfaces

Global burden of oral diseases: emerging concepts, management and interplay with systemic health

Global oral health inequalities: dental caries task group--research agenda.

Glossary of key terms

Guiding the design and selection of interventions to influence the implementation of evidence-based practice: an experimental simulation of a complex intervention trial

IQuaD dental trial; improving the quality of dentistry: a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing oral hygiene advice and periodontal instrumentation for the prevention and management of periodontal disease in dentate adults attending dent

Image analysis of bitewing radiographs: a histologically validated comparison with visual assessments of radiolucency depth in enamel

Image analysis of radiolucencies in approximal enamel: a comparison of xeroradiographic and conventional film images

Initial comparison between endoscopic and conventional methods of caries diagnosis

Initial investigations of a novel bioluminescence method for imaging dental demineralization

Integrity, maintenance and caries susceptibility of sealed surfaces in adolescents receiving regular care from general dental practitioners in Scotland ⬇️

International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) and its International Caries Classification and Management System (ICCMS) - methods for staging of the caries process and enabling dentists to manage caries.

International Consensus Workshop on Caries Clinical Trials (ICW-CCT)--final consensus statements: agreeing where the evidence leads.

Knowledge may not be the best target for strategies to influence evidence-based practice: using psychological models to understand RCT effects.

Lesion activity assessment.

Modern perspectives on caries activity and control ⬇️

Monitoring of caries progression in permanent and primary posterior approximal enamel by bitewing radiography.

Monitoring the behaviour of posterior approximal carious lesions by image analysis of serial standardised bitewing radiographs

Mounted human skulls as an aid to preclinical endodontic teaching

NHS Dentistry: Options for Change in context--a personal overview of a landmark document and what it could mean for the future of dental services.

Non-carious tooth conditions in children in the UK, 2003.

Occlusal caries detection in permanent molars according to WHO basic methods, ICDAS II and laser fluorescence measurements

Oral health assessment in clinical practice: new perspectives on the need for a comprehensive and evidence based approach

Oral hygiene, gingivitis and periodontal status of Libyan school children

Origin, training, and subsequent practice location of Scotland's General and Community dentists

PRIME--PRocess modelling in ImpleMEntation research: selecting a theoretical basis for interventions to change clinical practice

Paper-based and web-based intervention modeling experiments identified the same predictors of general practitioners' antibiotic-prescribing behavior

Patient caries status in the context of practical, evidence-based management of the initial caries lesion ⬇️

Patterns of care and service use amongst children in the UK 2003.