14 December 2022

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P&R Dental Strategies' data used by Indiana University in pediatric pulpal therapy treatment usage trends study

Katherine E. Pfaff

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P&R Dental Strategies, LLC, recently announced that its research partnership with the School of Dentistry at Indiana University has produced another study selected for peer-reviewed publication and co-authored by P&R's Chief Analytics Officer Tim Downey.

The study, "Insurance Claim Data Trends in Pulpal Therapy for Pediatric Patients," was published in the Oct. 27, 2022 issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association. This article marks P&R's ninth journal article published in partnership with academic institutions.

The study identifies differences in usage trends for two specific pulpal therapy treatments in pediatric patients during an 11-year period from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2020. 

An abstract can be found at: https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(22)00571-2/fulltext

The goal of the partnership and study was to provide information that can be utilized in a clinical setting. Data was collected from the company’s claims database with over 4.8 billion dental procedure records from over 70 national and regional dental plans.

Paul Sheils, CEO of P&R, said in the news release that the partnership with the School of Dentistry at Indiana University continues to yield interesting and important clinical insights.