Fluent™ Data Used by the School of Dentistry at Indiana University in Pediatric Dentistry Trends in the Use of Amalgam and Resin Composite Study
HAMILTON, N.J., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fluent, the premier dental insights company delivering customized, actionable business intelligence to support a variety of dental stakeholder objectives, announced that its research partnership with the School of Dentistry at Indiana University has produced another article selected for peer-reviewed publication and was co-authored by Fluent's Chief Analytics Officer, Tim Downey.
- The study, published in the August 2023 Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), is titled "Amalgam or composite in pediatric dentistry: Analysis of private insurance claims data."
- This article is the 13th published study using Fluent data and the 12th in collaboration with Indiana University.
- The study examined the trends in the use of amalgam and resin composite in the United States using data gleaned from insurance claims submitted from January 2010 through March 2020.
- The study revealed that girls were less likely to receive amalgam than boys and that the use of amalgam is trending down, with the sharpest decline noted in 2014.