Treatment decisions for deep carious lesions in the Public Health Service in Southern Brazil.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess Public Health Service clinicians' treatment decisions about deep carious lesions in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Methods: Treatment decisions were assessed with a structured questionnaire (open/discursive and containing information about gender, university and year of college graduation, and college major) and three simulated clinical cases composed of teeth with primary deep carious lesion. All professionals working for the Public Health Service in the city were addressed.