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Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Application of newer techniques in endodontics improves the prognosis and reduces the time to operate patients; hence, the present study was conducted to determine the characteristics of endodontic practice and to compare these characteristics between General Dental Practitioners (GDPs)...

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Autores principales: Elrashid, Afra Hassan, Alderaa, Khalid Jamal, Alissa, Hamad Abdulaziz, Almadhi, Waad Hamad, Bawazir, Hadeel Salem, Alsougi, Sarah Saleh, Alraffa, Sulaiman Ali
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754514
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_129_20
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author Elrashid, Afra Hassan
Alderaa, Khalid Jamal
Alissa, Hamad Abdulaziz
Almadhi, Waad Hamad
Bawazir, Hadeel Salem
Alsougi, Sarah Saleh
Alraffa, Sulaiman Ali
author_facet Elrashid, Afra Hassan
Alderaa, Khalid Jamal
Alissa, Hamad Abdulaziz
Almadhi, Waad Hamad
Bawazir, Hadeel Salem
Alsougi, Sarah Saleh
Alraffa, Sulaiman Ali
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description BACKGROUND: Application of newer techniques in endodontics improves the prognosis and reduces the time to operate patients; hence, the present study was conducted to determine the characteristics of endodontic practice and to compare these characteristics between General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) and endodontists with regards to their years of experience in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross-sectional study was conducted among GDPs and endodontists working in private sector in Riyadh. Study subjects were chosen from 5 areas of Riyadh by stratified random sampling. A structured, pretested, closed-ended, and self-administered questionnaire consisting of 36 items was employed. Questionnaire identified different aspects of endodontic practice among participants. Information related to their behavior and perceived effectiveness, and demographic data were also collected. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A total of 259 practitioners participated in the present study. The mean behavior and perceived effectiveness scores were 5.73 (71.63%) and 1.16 (58%), respectively. A total of 64 respondents (24.7%) used magnification, while 167 (64.5%) employed digital radiography/cone-beam computed tomography. Rotary instruments were employed by 170 participants (65.64%) and adjunctive activator during irrigation was utilized by 50 (19.30%) of respondents. A majority of 217 respondents (83.80%) reported that they need further training. Correlation analysis revealed that gender was significantly associated with perceived effectiveness (r = 0.136, P = 0.029). CONCLUSIONS: Behavior and perceived effectiveness of practitioners is far from satisfactory and a majority of practitioners identified the need for further training. There was a statistically significant correlation between gender and perceived effectiveness.
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spelling pubmed-73807522020-08-03 Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia Elrashid, Afra Hassan Alderaa, Khalid Jamal Alissa, Hamad Abdulaziz Almadhi, Waad Hamad Bawazir, Hadeel Salem Alsougi, Sarah Saleh Alraffa, Sulaiman Ali J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Application of newer techniques in endodontics improves the prognosis and reduces the time to operate patients; hence, the present study was conducted to determine the characteristics of endodontic practice and to compare these characteristics between General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) and endodontists with regards to their years of experience in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross-sectional study was conducted among GDPs and endodontists working in private sector in Riyadh. Study subjects were chosen from 5 areas of Riyadh by stratified random sampling. A structured, pretested, closed-ended, and self-administered questionnaire consisting of 36 items was employed. Questionnaire identified different aspects of endodontic practice among participants. Information related to their behavior and perceived effectiveness, and demographic data were also collected. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A total of 259 practitioners participated in the present study. The mean behavior and perceived effectiveness scores were 5.73 (71.63%) and 1.16 (58%), respectively. A total of 64 respondents (24.7%) used magnification, while 167 (64.5%) employed digital radiography/cone-beam computed tomography. Rotary instruments were employed by 170 participants (65.64%) and adjunctive activator during irrigation was utilized by 50 (19.30%) of respondents. A majority of 217 respondents (83.80%) reported that they need further training. Correlation analysis revealed that gender was significantly associated with perceived effectiveness (r = 0.136, P = 0.029). CONCLUSIONS: Behavior and perceived effectiveness of practitioners is far from satisfactory and a majority of practitioners identified the need for further training. There was a statistically significant correlation between gender and perceived effectiveness. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7380752/ /pubmed/32754514 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_129_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Elrashid, Afra Hassan
Alderaa, Khalid Jamal
Alissa, Hamad Abdulaziz
Almadhi, Waad Hamad
Bawazir, Hadeel Salem
Alsougi, Sarah Saleh
Alraffa, Sulaiman Ali
Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
title Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
title_full Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
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title_short Perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
title_sort perceived effectiveness about endodontic practice among private general dental practitioners in riyadh city, saudi arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754514
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_129_20
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